When I was younger, I behaved a bit strangely sometimes - lost my temper, did silly things - but little by little, I've gotten better. As a chef, I think you need to do a lot of work on yourself and your temperament.
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JERRY LEWIS Math just wasn't my favorite. I didn't get how important math is and how it relates to real ... ADAM RODRIGUEZ I do have a chef, but I still go out. Sometimes I can still blend in, and sometimes I get a little b... KYRIE IRVING I think one of the best things we do as a team is move the ball. Tonight, maybe it did work against ... JARED MOULTRIE I may have a little bit of a talent for music, but I've learnt to tap into my own self when I wr... NEIL DIAMOND It interrupts things . . . delays things a little bit, but I don't think we need to be overly concer... TOM RENNEY I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was a little kid and I used to get in trouble at chu... LAMORNE MORRIS We've been coming together a little bit better as a group. Things came easy for us early and we didn... KIRK KACZOR I think I always wanted to be an actor - sounds a bit boring, doesn't it? And I pretended once t... SOPHIE THOMPSON I thought it went OK. I got my feet wet and was able to kind of establish myself a little bit. I did... BRAD ELDRED Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I'm traveling, I... BJORK Get your work in, do what you need do, and get back up top. I'm a little bit behind the curve as... RYAN HOWARD If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperam... LAURENCE OLIVIER, SIR If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperam... LAURENCE OLIVIER SIR When you work and earn money as a child, you need to be confident, but it can make you a bit precoci... DONNA AIR I was never into makeup when I was younger, and I still love not piling on the makeup every day, but... KATHERINE SCHWARZENEGGER My parents opened a bank account for me when I was really little, and I think I paid for some of my ... RACHEL MCADAMS The third and fourth set, I felt I was a bit living on the edge with my serve. He was getting a lot ... ANDRE AGASSI It's difficult for me to really temper my personality, but I am trying to be a little more sensi... SONAM KAPOOR I think when you get a lot of runs early like that, you can sit back and relax a little bit. I think... LEE DRIGGERS If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try t... PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN In my 20s, I used to have a lot more energy! I was this skydiving, bungee-jumping adrenaline junkie.... PRIYANKA CHOPRA I've actually changed my view of Los Angeles. When I was younger, I hated it, because I thought ... AASIF MANDVI When I was younger, my father was in the Foreign Service and we lived in Nigeria, Panama, and London... NICOLE BEHARIE My fragrance is rose and amber, and I was just very specific. A lot of what I've done, at the st... STELLA MCCARTNEY I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. I... CHRISTINE MCVIE Our defense was a lot better. I feel like we were a little bit more pro-active on defense and did a ... CARMEN DOLFO I did some stupid things when I was younger, but I got a lot out of my system. Every time, my mom wa... ELLE KING The best gift I've ever gotten... My grandpa gave me a Polaroid camera when I was younger. It wa... CAMREN BICONDOVA I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy ... JESS WEIXLER I'm not quite that difficult, even though maybe I'm a little bit bossy. But you know, in ord... HEIDI KLUM We knew they were going to have great defensive pressure. I think they got us out of our offense a l... CAMEO HICKS I think a little bit of it is that we ran out of gas. I think a lot of it is that we're still a work... BILL SCHREIER I read a little bit of nonfiction and a lot of poetry. I think of poetry as my shot of whiskey when ... ALICE MCDERMOTT Usually after I'm done with working, I just come home and play a little game and go to bed. Afte... BENJAMIN STOCKHAM I do work on a little bit of weights just to get my power up. CANELO ALVAREZ The parts I've got to create are a little bit different to a lot of guys my age. JACK LOWDEN I think they did well, showed a lot of poise, but are going to have to do a lot more if we are going... JOE PATERNO I have a temper, and it can flare from time to time, but as I've gotten older and more experienc... WILLIAM BRATTON Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuria... MARY BERRY I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose ... H. G. BISSINGER I clean out my house weekly. I just keep a lot of silly little things that are meaningful to me. CASSIE SCERBO When I rehearse, it ends up doing more harm than good. I think I work a little bit better when it... CHARLIE TAHAN I ski, I snowboard, I've started to get into skydiving a little bit. I'm a little bit of a t... ALEXANDER GOULD I've had insomnia since I was a little kid and I never sleep well. Sometimes I sleep very badly ... MOBY I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'l... INBEE PARK My greatest beauty secret is being happy with myself. I don't use special creams or treatments -... TINA TURNER I think if they had been a little bit more patient ... I think they could have gotten a little bit m... MICHAEL TIEU And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your record... JOAN JETT Hopefully I've given something back to darts, which has been brilliant to me. Hopefully I made i... ERIC BRISTOW I don't think there's ever a point when you turn to yourself and go, 'Yes, I've made... DOMINIC COOPER It's not easy to retire at 31. In one respect I was glad I was done. 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Everywhere in the world there are tensions - economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate. ALAIN DUCASSE It's a great pleasure for me and my team. It was a surprise. A good surprise. ALAIN DUCASSE He is the first chef-restaurateur who has dared to admit openly, and even elevate to the status of a... ALAIN DUCASSE a man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more. ALAIN DUCASSE Alain Chapelle [Ducasse's mentor], Alain Ducasse, Didier Elena - I learned from all of them. ALAIN DUCASSE It's a Mediterranean garden on the roofs of Aoyama. ALAIN DUCASSE My wife Gwenaelle prepares an 'energy shot' for me for breakfast. It's a mix of linseed,... ALAIN DUCASSE It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all... ALAIN DUCASSE I'm surprised by the talent I find all over. There are always new chefs who propose many interes... ALAIN DUCASSE Food is one part of the experience. And it has to be somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the dinin... ALAIN DUCASSE In France, I am the fifth artisan to produce his own chocolate, and the others have been doing it fo... ALAIN DUCASSE If I'm a great artisan of the kitchen, it's because I don't buy my sauces. ALAIN DUCASSE TV is a deformed vision, an excessive caricature. A chef has to stay an artisan, not become a star. ALAIN DUCASSE If my cuisine were to be defined by just one taste, it would be that of subtle, aromatic, extra-virg... ALAIN DUCASSE It's striking and unique in London how you know to create this alchemy between the concept, the ... ALAIN DUCASSE I'm anti-globalisation. There is nothing more enriching than to go out into the world and meet p... ALAIN DUCASSE Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how... ALAIN DUCASSE You need a good gardener and a good fisherman. The cook is not required. ALAIN DUCASSE I think the French and the Japanese are both obsessed by seasons, small producers, freshness. ALAIN DUCASSE With cooking, there's always the tangible and the intangible: that which is in the domain of sen... ALAIN DUCASSE There are so many impassioned winemakers. I think there are more impassioned winemakers than chefs. ALAIN DUCASSE The Mediterranean is in my DNA. I'm fine inland for about a week, but then I yearn for a limitle... ALAIN DUCASSE In each restaurant, I develop a different culinary sensibility. In Paris, I'm more classic, beca... ALAIN DUCASSE When I started cooking the meal at home, after I had started cooking in restaurants, I usually would... ALAIN DUCASSE For me, the most luxurious place is somewhere that allows you to feel emotions and pleasures. ALAIN DUCASSE I have a passion for luggage - trunks and so on. I have a collection of them, but I can never resist... ALAIN DUCASSE I love any excuse to work with a mortar and pestle. ALAIN DUCASSE I live in Paris, yet Monaco, where I spend a lot of time, holds a very special place in my heart. ALAIN DUCASSE I do most of the cooking in my head. ALAIN DUCASSE When you grow up close to poultry and fields and gardens and open-air markets, you can't help bu... ALAIN DUCASSE Our milk chocolate is very chocolaty. In fact, we don't call it milk chocolate - we call it milk... ALAIN DUCASSE Classical cooking and molecular gastronomy should remain separate. You can mix two styles and get fu... ALAIN DUCASSE In Paris we have bistros, then we have fine dining. In London, you have a very contemporary scene wi... ALAIN DUCASSE I love to pick tomatoes at the end of the day, when they're still warm from the sun. ALAIN DUCASSE The relentless pursuit of being different is very French. ALAIN DUCASSE In France, Christmas is a family holiday. You stay home. New Year's Eve is when you go out. ALAIN DUCASSE Gastronomy is my hobby. I'm simply the casting director. Once I've brought all the right peo... ALAIN DUCASSE The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put the... ALAIN DUCASSE The restaurants express the spirit of the chef, the spirit of the city, the country. ALAIN DUCASSE The real evolution is to learn something new every day - it's very important for chefs to share ... ALAIN DUCASSE At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard. ALAIN DUCASSE If I am going somewhere exotic, I take an empty suitcase with me to bring back the objects I fall in... ALAIN DUCASSE You take the best ingredients - the best cocoa beans - and you process them in the best traditional ... ALAIN DUCASSE I only get fat when I eat food cooked by other chefs. At home, my wife does all the cooking. She mak... ALAIN DUCASSE The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body tremble... ALAIN One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially
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ALAIN VIGNEAULT I know this group and they've got to be looking at the standings. You've got to be motivated and sha... ALAIN VIGNEAULT We're not quite sure what they're going to do, but they're going to let us know (today). Somebody is... ALAIN VIGNEAULT Those teams are playing really well right now. We're in a tough division, a good division. You've go... ALAIN VIGNEAULT We might be a little off as far as our timing goes. But our guys are going to be fine. This was a we... ALAIN VIGNEAULT We always got together on my mom's side and I was about six-years-old. It was the last year my grand... ALAIN VIGNEAULT I knew this is really challenging for him not playing, but if we ever needed him there was never a d... ALAIN VIGNEAULT That's bush-league. I haven't seen that in pro hockey. ALAIN VIGNEAULT It's great they're getting this opportunity. A lot of times you hear guys saying 'you never gave me ... ALAIN VIGNEAULT Out of the 21 players that were dressed (last) night, theoretically, seven of them are going to leav... ALAIN VIGNEAULT It's hard to say at the moment, since this is just the beginning. But if SANS' report is accurate, I... ALAIN SERGILE Once an area of weakness is pinpointed, hackers tend to dig at it. As more eyes turn to that area, m... ALAIN SERGILE I think we will see an exploit materialize either in a test harness or as an actual public exploit w... ALAIN SERGILE When Microsoft said last week that it would release seven patches, people were holding their breath.... ALAIN SERGILE So while you might think it is coming from cousin Alice, most likely cousin Alice is not going to se... ALAIN SERGILE This is something that is not inherent in the operating system. ALAIN SERGILE The flaw is fairly significant in terms of its reach. ALAIN SERGILE This requires no user interaction. Outlook has a broad footprint, and that makes this much more sign... 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ALAIN NASREDDINE It was unbelievable. It was good, especially because you don't really expect it. It just came as a s... ALAIN NASREDDINE With everything that's happened the last couple of weeks, I'm going to sit down with my family and w... ALAIN NASREDDINE She is gonna be happy for the rest of her life. ALAIN MABOUSSOU It's too early for me to retire, but I did four days ago. ALAIN MABOUSSOU I'm excited. I'm just excited. (My daughter) is going to be happy for the rest of her life. ALAIN MABOUSSOU I'm gonna be working for myself now. ALAIN MABOUSSOU Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it. ALAIN LESAGE They made peace between us; we embraced, and we have been mortal enemies ever since. ALAIN LESAGE I am happy and content because I think I am ALAIN LESAGE Doubt is not below knowledge but above it ALAIN LESAGE Pride and conceit were the original sins of man. 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Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it, ... I wish good luck to thos... ALAIN JUPPE did not manage to convince the French people that we were going in the right direction. ALAIN JUPPE The choice ... is entirely based on a defense-industrial logic, ALAIN JUPPE (Juppe) noted that the talks had progressed greatly and wanted pressure to be kept up on the two sid... ALAIN JUPPE There was an explosive device that was put in a subway car, ALAIN JUPPE If you look at how oil prices are rising and greenhouse gas emission targets, then only agriculture ... ALAIN JEANROY We are waiting for results before starting building the plants which should see the light of day in ... ALAIN JEANROY We will reach two percent this year. ALAIN JEANROY France will catch Spain up and possibly go beyond it by 2008. ALAIN JEANROY On the Russian side, of course, they have in mind space tourism and propose a certain level of comfo... 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ALAIN BOTTON I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - tha... ALAIN BOTTON I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day-to-day take on things. The bare fa... ALAIN BOTTON Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were w... ALAIN BOTTON We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich peo... ALAIN BOTTON The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once (we soon feel ungrateful) or tho... ALAIN BOTTON I find a welcome interest in the problems of everyday life. I find a humanity and a devotion to usin... ALAIN BOTTON We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who w... ALAIN BOTTON It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as t... ALAIN BOTTON We are experiencing the bottom-line impact of productivity improvements and the elimination of waste... ALAIN BELDA However, as these markets continued to decline in the third quarter, it became likely that even with... ALAIN BELDA achieve future sustained savings and profitable growth. ALAIN BELDA The fourth quarter has proven to be extremely challenging as a result of lower volumes, depressed me... ALAIN BELDA If economic trends solidify, we should continue to see improving profitability over the second half ... ALAIN BELDA As demand for aluminum strengthens, we will capture the efficiencies generated by last year's strate... ALAIN BELDA While we are not pleased with the short term impact the labor issues have had on our bottom line, ou... ALAIN BELDA Despite significantly higher energy prices which offset more favorable metal prices, we achieved sol... ALAIN BELDA We are focused on managing what is under our control, ALAIN BELDA That is the best long-term job protection we can offer all of our employees. ALAIN BELDA It's obviously very possible that, deep down, it's shaken my confidence. I've definitely taken a big... ALAIN BAXTER It was a different scale to a World Cup, I only learned that last time. But then again, they [the IO... ALAIN BAXTER I never got it together last season. Nothing clicked and my confidence went, ALAIN BAXTER My memory has been tarnished by what happened at Salt Lake City but that was four years ago, ALAIN BAXTER I could be very bitter about it, but I don't think it would help me, ... People would get bored of l... ALAIN BAXTER But it's one race. I've got 12 races this year. If it doesn't happen it's not going to be the end of... ALAIN BAXTER I'm happy racing and obviously I want to compete, ALAIN BAXTER The ethics of Truth always returns, in precise circumstances, to fighting for the True against the f... ALAIN BADIOU Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of sava... ALAIN BADIOU It is necessary to examine, in a detailed way, the contemporary theory of Evil, the ideology of huma... ALAIN BADIOU Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me. ALAIN BADIOU A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that whi... ALAIN BADIOU