Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes
Many ingredients are called 'earthy,' but none comes as close to fitting the bill as buckwheat. I'm mildly obsessed with the stuff.
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Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal?
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The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
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Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
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No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms.
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Given the accelerating velocity of history, we should begin charting deliberately the next phase in its trajectory.
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My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.
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No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
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The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.
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People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.'
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There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
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I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.
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I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.
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I've always liked drama; I've always found it really fun, like, I did go to drama club and things like that.
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For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election.
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I have been a baker for more than 30 years now, and in terms of equipment, all I really need is flour. It still amazes me what a versatile commodity it is, as you can do so many different things with it, and I never tire of trying new blends and recipes.
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Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.
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You cannot lecture on really pure poetry any more than you can talk about the ingredients of pure water-it is adulterated, methylated, sanded poetry that makes the best lectures.
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Many ingredients are called 'earthy,' but none comes as close to fitting the bill as buckwheat. I'm mildly obsessed with the stuff.
