Marcus Samuelsson Quotes
I am a chef through and through. Everything I do - whether it is cooking for kids in Harlem or cooking in a fine dining establishment - all my days are consumed by food.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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I did ask Matt Damon for his autograph - and I got a picture, too!
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I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Reading is a huge part of life.
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In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.
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I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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You don't fight ideas with bombs.
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In the United Kingdom, we need to promote an inclusive British identity that involves and empowers people from all ethnic and faith backgrounds.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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For my own part, I have been wont to converse with poverty; and however disagreeable a companion she may be thought to be by the affluent and luxurious, who were never acquainted with her, I can live happily with her the remainder of my life if I can thereby contribute to the redemption of my country.
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O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien.
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I think a lot of us are a lot more cautious with marriage because of what we saw happening with our parents. I see a lot more healthy marriages in my generation than they probably saw in theirs.
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I like pushing the envelope. I like pushing myself and the audience, whether it's a TV show or live. I like to throw people over the edge of the cliff and scare the wits out of them, but then pull them back and make them safe.
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Trying to give back a little bit is important.
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I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.
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I remember as a kid being cold a lot, and hungry sometimes. Wed go to bed with just cornbread and milk, and I remember wearing shoes with holes in the bottom. I remember having twine for shoestrings.
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I am a chef through and through. Everything I do - whether it is cooking for kids in Harlem or cooking in a fine dining establishment - all my days are consumed by food.
