Marcus Samuelsson Quotes
The dialogue and conversation about food is everywhere - television, chat rooms, social media outlets and among everyday conversations.
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People always ask me about 'Girls' with this kind of hesitation. What do I think of it? I love it. It's awesome. I get a lot of Where do you come down on this? I come down on the side of 'Yay, Lena Dunham. Congratulations. I'm jealous.' She's doing something so fantastic. Maybe it's not for everybody, but it certainly is for me.
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For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.
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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbians have the rights of citizenship that afford them visitations to hospitals, that allow them to be, to transfer property between partners, to make certain that they're not discriminated on the job.
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If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
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There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.
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I'd love to return to theater.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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I think the skin is the most important thing. If you take care of your skin, you don't really need much makeup.
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I keep my horses out in the open, but when I was working the ranches, I had to clean the stalls. It was a horrible job.
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I feel like in my music I can be a rebel. I can say things I wouldn't say in real life.
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People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
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A storytelling device teaches. I hate to say it that way, because kids tune out. I don't teach on purpose, but I'm glad that it happens sometimes.
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I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
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We are all the writer-director-star-producer of our own life. We see life through our own eyes.
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I do think about marriage, but it's not the end-all goal.
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I have a beautiful platter of various fruits as my computer screen saver. It's a constant reminder to eat healthy! It helps me to make healthier food choices throughout my day.
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A lot of people don't give their audiences credit. You can leave it a little mysterious. They can think about it.
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We feel free. We're independent. People can be openly proud of being Estonian. I have a lot of belief in Estonia.
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The dialogue and conversation about food is everywhere - television, chat rooms, social media outlets and among everyday conversations.
