Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes
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I'm very content.
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Darkness is the only path to light. It is not our wonderful gifts that make us closer to God: it's using our garbage to transform ourselves. This is the key that unlocks the door that opens to God.
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When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwood.' The films you see in that pre-secondary-school stage stay with you in a very particular way.
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Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.
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We do not need to have a way to talk clearly about other people's images.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
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You have to actually be weighted to something to do the moonwalk, you know.
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Many people know that Ethiopia is poor. When I break a world record, maybe people get to know something else about Ethiopia, something good. We can't make planes or cars, we don't have the materials. We do what we can.
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I loved theatre and did magic, too, but I was never the best at it - there was never a teacher saying, 'You're great, you have to make this your career!' I was good at science and math. I figured I'd go into science and become a dentist.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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Don't hate me, but I've always been skinny. I got lucky.
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I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.
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I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
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The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort.
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I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
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If elected, I would not be the mere president of a party - I would endeavor to act independent of party domination and should feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.
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I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
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There are several books that I have-the Physics of Star Trek, Star Trek and Business, there are manuals on command style and countless scholarly papers that have been written about the significance of Next Generation.
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Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?
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If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce.
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I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.
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Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.
