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- Nov 07, 2020
What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook.
- Project
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really not that comfortable with people. I mean, I love individuals, but I'm not very social.
- Knew
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I graduated I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't want a conventional career.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't ever want to lose that mind-set where you've got to be able to realize different ideas-slash-fantasies-slash-possibilities in your life.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a little crazy.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked in 40 restaurants over a five-year period.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you ever want to get anywhere in life, you're going to have to push it, and somebody's going to push you to get there. End of story.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most successful food, I think, is food that both appeals to the super-sophisticated diner or foodie and to the lay diner at the same time.
- Certain Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a certain point of view, a certain way to plate food, certain ingredients that I like to use.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
As tough as I've been on anybody, as hard as I've ever been on anybody, I have been harder on myself. By far.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any fool can be happy. What I'm interested in is satisfaction. There's got to be more to life than just being happy. You've got to be fulfilled. You've got to be satisfied; philosophically satisfied is what I mean.
- Forever
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life's too short. You may be on this planet for 80 years at best or who knows, but you can't just pedal around and do the same thing forever.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I think I should have chosen a line of work where it was just me alone in the room, with the sun coming in, and God, insofar as he or she exists, smiling down upon me. Then I would have never been accused of being a tyrant, other than towards myself.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am actually a very gentle person.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
There has been no great surprise, no sudden revelation. I knew pretty much what I was getting into. What I've learned is that a restaurant can be as much of an art as you want it to be, but it has to be a successful business first.
- Equal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always considered desserts to be of equal importance to the savory food.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
For over 20 years, I have been saying that Chicago is by far one of the greatest food cities in the world.
- Kitchen
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you know what you're doing, you can make a meal happen with any kitchen knife. But using a top-quality knife versus a low-quality one is the difference between driving a Jaguar and a VW Jetta across the country. They'll both get you there. But the Jaguar will give you a much smoother ride.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my case, vertical food was less about standing things up than layering things: more an attempt to gain texture by weaving things together.
- Demonstrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a challenge to demonstrate that you can prepare some really interesting food with humble ingredients.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a lot harder to get people to 'ooh' and 'aah' over beets and carrots than it is to get them to 'ooh' and 'aah' over artichokes or asparagus, and I enjoy being able to take these humble, 'lowbrow' foodstuffs up a few notches and serve them with great exuberance.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always liked root vegetables because most of them have a natural sweetness. They have a high fructose content, especially when you cook them and caramelize them in a saute pan. Or you can take a turnip and cook it slowly in the oven until it's browned, and it takes on a kind of sweetness. These vegetables are pretty easy to like.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have a goal so lofty it's almost embarrassing to talk about. And that's to be the best restaurant in the world.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, I want to prepare food that will be recognized equally in Tokyo, London, and Paris. I am after that universality, that transcendence.
- Details
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in focusing on details.
- Philosophy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My plan is to work on a master's in philosophy.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know how to put this gently, but I'm trying to tackle the biggest question of all, which is the God question.
- Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always inspired by restaurants like La Tulipe in Manhattan. You'd walk right by and say, 'Oh what a lovely house.' You didn't realize there was a restaurant behind the door.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got to give away what you love.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I timed my previous wife's pregnancy to the moment to have my son born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday. There is no bigger Bob Dylan fan than me. You don't just time the day and impregnate your wife to get your kid to be born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday.
- Clog
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- Nov 07, 2020
The body cannot produce enzymes in perfect combinations to metabolize your foods as completely as the food enzymes created by nature do. This results in partially digested fats, proteins, and starches that can clog your body's intestinal tract and arteries.
- Letters
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would always be embarrassed to read out loud in class because I would transpose words and letters and things.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cooking is exactly like making music.
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020
My fantasy is to have a restaurant where there are no written menus, but where you just ask people, 'What are you in the mood for? Fish? Meat? White wine?'
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.
- Perfection
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't understand people who spend their twenties hanging out in bars and going to football game. That stuff is so boring compared to really applying yourself to what you do.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people give me a year or two of their best effort, then I am their friend for life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you go around the kitchen and ask my employees what they want to be doing in three to five years, most of them, if they're being honest, will tell you that they don't want to be working for me. They want to have their own place. And I think that's great.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a successful entrepreneur.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
At home, a man is entitled to raise his voice maybe once a year, if something really gets under his skin. At work, it's different. I raise my voice all the time. Not out of malice, but to get things right. It's never personal.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't be afraid to not have everything figured out. There's too much pressure on young people today to have it all figured out when they're in college.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020