- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things never go the way you expect them to. That's both the joy and frustration in life. I'm finding as I get older that I don't mind, though. It's the surprises that tickle me the most, the things you don't see coming.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised in a reform synagogue. I think we all bring with us a sense of when hard things happen to us, we find ourselves asking questions of why are these things happening to me at this time in my life. I think in that sense, there's a certain resonance that I carry. It's more of a spiritual resonance as opposed to particularly of Judaism.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just feel like I am a really lucky guy who these talented directors have found places for me. I feel honored and blessed.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I try to go with what's happening and embrace that as much as I can, it seems to be a much smoother journey for me.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I'm so known as a meat-chef, when I talk about Meatless Monday some people look at me like I've lost my mind. I'm like, look, I'm not saying beef and pork is bad, I love it and I eat it six days a week.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Cleveland, I'm so fortunate that we're surrounded by farms with an endless variety of beautiful vegetables. For me, I always eat very tightly with the season, even if the season is only six weeks.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
People come up to me all the time and say, 'Oh, I love to watch Food Network,' and I ask them what they cook, and they say, 'I don't really cook.' They're afraid, they're intimidated, they know all about food from eating out and watching TV, but they don't know where to start in their own kitchen.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The president says, 'What difference does it make what you call the enemy?' Are you kidding me? As an intelligence officer, I would never get away with that. I could never say, 'Well, you know, boss, I don't label this enemy that we're facing.'
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Spago once, eight years ago. I had just closed a deal. I thought it would be fun to go to Spago and it wasn't. I got a bad table and nobody paid any attention to me.
- Responsibility
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- Nov 07, 2020
When our executive producer, Julie Plec, told me I was going to become a hybrid I got really excited. Because there's a lot of responsibility that comes with that, especially in our world of 'The Vampire Diaries' where Tyler is the first successful hybrid that's made.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had an eye for what looks good on a man. But I've not always found it easy to find clothes that look good on me.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stories have always been the things that entertain me and make me feel happy and sad and move me and give me the experience of being able to live many lives in one lifetime. It's the best thing about being alive.
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020