Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes
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Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.
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There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.
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Working is hard and distracts from having fun.
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Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
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As I went between the Islamic Society in my college and university, the mosque, the halal takeaway, and visited the homes of my male Muslim friends, it was entirely possible for me to get through my day without interacting in any meaningful way with a single non-Muslim.
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Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
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My father was my trainer, my teacher. He was closer to my sister in the sense that she adored him and he adored her. He was more like my pal. Because of the 13-year gap, I think by the time I came along, it wasn't a big deal. I wasn't spoilt or cherished, I was just put to work.
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As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution: a ridding of excess or usurpers.
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I do know that I've read somewhere that it's been statistically proven that in times of war, horror films are much more popular. I don't know why that is. You'd think it'd be the opposite. You'd think people would want to escape from it.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I played cover gigs and traveled the country in my mom's old car, and my drummer and I set up a fake email and sent it out to agents. We pretended to be our own agent.
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There's always been a hunger in me not necessarily to be successful, but to be an icon.
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I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines.
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I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.
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I'm a big fan of all those singing competition shows.
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I'm antisocial - there's no question about it.
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The confidence that we Indians are suddenly infused with while doing something wrong is absolutely commendable.
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I've always traveled. I'm a professor in a limited way. I teach one class two quarters out of four, so I get traveling done.
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You have two choices when someone changes your work. You can either wash your hands of it or embrace it.
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Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.
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Even if we were to sign peace today, the economic conditions in our country would not improve automatically because it will take some time to reach the level of oil production before the war and the oil prices are likely to remain low for some time as the supply of oil in the world is high and demand is low.
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Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes.
