Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes
Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.
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For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.
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When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.
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America's decline would set in motion tectonic shifts undermining the political stability of the entire Middle East.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
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I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
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When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11.
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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
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It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
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My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.
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I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.
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People always think I hate doing interviews. I don't. I wouldn't do them if I didn't like them.
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Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that.
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What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self!
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Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan.
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Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of girls go down in droves.
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The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
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Turkey is a complex country. Most readers are women, of all generations, and they are passionate about books. However, the written culture is mostly patriarchal. In general, men write; women read. I would like to see this pattern changing. More women should write novels, poems, plays, and hopefully, more men will read fiction.
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Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.
