Marcus Samuelsson Quotes
Every day, whether I am teaching or entertaining - I absolutely love bringing different people and cultures together.
Quotes to Explore
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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In my experience, I think there's must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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I am a just man.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.
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From regular, relative skydiving, I went on to freeflying. Freeflying is more the three-dimensional skydiving.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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I came into this league by myself, and I'll leave by myself.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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I don't need to beat Faber, because his ego will always beat him. He's got excuses for every loss he's ever had.
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You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with.
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An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.
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We notice in others only those things that relate to ourselves. For example, you could find someone hilarious and brilliant, and I could find the same person idiotic and annoying. It's the same person doing the same thing, but because we are viewing them from our own unique perspectives, they mirror back to us something different.
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If my film does not do well, it really hurts me. But by God's grace, even if some of my films may not have done well, people have still liked my work in it.
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Every day, whether I am teaching or entertaining - I absolutely love bringing different people and cultures together.
