Marcus Samuelsson Quotes
Although I may not know a lot about football, I do know a lot about food! As a result, not many people ask me to join their fantasy leagues, but they will come to me for suggestions on what to serve for guests for a weekly Sunday get-together.
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Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
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Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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During the first million years of its existence, mankind survived five apocalypses without succumbing to extinction. It endured the Apocalypse of Steel, the Apocalypse of Hydrogen, the Apocalypse of Serotonin, and both Apocalypses of Water, the second of which occurred despite certain contracts to the contrary.
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Abraham Lincoln is singular. Abraham Lincoln, before he was killed, stood up and, you know, for the first time from any sitting president, stood for the right for suffrage for African-American men who had served in the Civil War. And that's a limited suffrage, but it was quite radical at the time.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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I like Cronenberg's early work; his '80s films had all these weird, amorphous flesh objects in them.
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Wer keine Blume mehr liebt, dem ist alle Liebe und Gottesfurcht verloren.
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People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.
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People who exploit others come to spend an enormous amount of energy wondering about and justifying that exploitation.
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If you can play football, you can play football. Measurables at the combine don't change that.
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Although I may not know a lot about football, I do know a lot about food! As a result, not many people ask me to join their fantasy leagues, but they will come to me for suggestions on what to serve for guests for a weekly Sunday get-together.
