Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes
Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for me.
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I like Michael Moore, but I think of him more as a rabble-rouser. On his TV show, when he went to the home of the guy who invented the car alarm and set off all the car alarms on the block... pretty funny.
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I look back on some of my outfits, and I'm like: 'Why did I wear that? Where are my friends and why didn't they tell me not to leave the house?' If they had, I probably would've said, 'You don't know what you're talking about. This looks amazing.'
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People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.' I'm always saying 'That's super cool. That's nice of you to say.' But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out.
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I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me.
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I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
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I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.
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I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
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I don't hide. I never have. I stay at home because I like to stay at home, and at home I work.
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I like the effect drink has on me.
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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
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To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can't get through the mesh to bite you.
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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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I started to travel like this at the age of 15 so for me, it's normal. Some days you get tired and you feel, 'I want to stay at home a little bit more,' but it's only the moment.
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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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Because my parents are Indian, everybody speaks Hindi to me, and I have no idea what they are saying.
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I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further. Then this idea of climbing Mount Everest came to my mind. It stuck in my head for days. Someone told me I couldn't do it, and that really annoyed me.
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To me, the Quran is a research book.
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The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.
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I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.
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I am very strongly paternal. My paternal instincts need to be acted upon. My love needs a release. I love everyone. I don't express my love enough, but the love within me needs a platform as a parent.
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Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion.
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I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.
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Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for me.
