Marcus Samuelsson Quotes
Even before the earthquake in Haiti, only half the country's population had a source of safe drinking water.
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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
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I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the only important thing is that we keep trying to make ourselves heard and keep making our films, no matter what the climate is.
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Many of depression's symptoms - exhaustion, insomnia, nausea, headaches, weight loss, weight gain - are physical ailments.
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.
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The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.
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I always wanted to be a writer, from being a little kid onwards. My dad and my mum both had phases when that was what they did.
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No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country, to change their constitution.
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We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the well-being of any other country.
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Even before the earthquake in Haiti, only half the country's population had a source of safe drinking water.
