Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes
People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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I know exactly what it's like to stand on top of a tall building or in a high place and look down and go, 'Ohhhh my God.' I try to get into that place every time I write a scene like that. And definitely when I write the action scenes, I get overheated and my heart goes really fast. I get very involved.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what's high quality and what's not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There's a lot of technical challenges in that.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.
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I prefer buying things and figuring out where to put them later than regretting not buying them.
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You want 100% and 100% to make 200, instead of 50 and 50 making 100.
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When power is exercised exclusively at the centre, the result is rigidity of rules and alienation of the people subject to those rules.
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A grudge will soon rot the pocket you carry it in.
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People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
