Andrew Zimmern Quotes

I was born and raised in New York. My family has been in New York City since the Civil War. I have a ton of N.Y.C. in my DNA, from both sides of my family. I had a wonderful childhood in the city.

Andrew Zimmern

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Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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I look for things that are left of center, something you've only seen your whole life, but never heard. Hit it! With a stick! I have a guitar made out of a 2x4 that I bought in Cleveland.

Tom Waits

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I'll say it, I love working with actors, I'm a fan of actors. They bring so much, and they can also break a movie, but when it works I give it all to the actors. I'll say it, I think that 'The Transporter' is great not because of my direction, it really is great because Jason Statham was great in it.

Louis Leterrier

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In Montreal, when I grew up, I'd go to the Notre-Dame Basilica, a gorgeous cathedral in town. I'd listen to huge symphony orchestras, Pavarotti singing operas; that was absolutely marvelous. I like that aspect of the cathedral, the spectacle.

Christopher Plummer

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Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem.

Chris Martin

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I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.

Clay Aiken

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I moved to L.A., and I lived in the Oakland Apartments, which is this notorious hub for actor children and their stage moms. For the first few years that I lived there, Hilary Duff and Frankie Muniz frequented the apartments. I was much younger than them at the time.

Britt Robertson

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It's crazy that, as women, we are taught to be cute and nice and polite when we should learn to be less nice sometimes.

Pom Klementieff

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Being really good at 'learning how to learn,' as President Bill Brody of Johns Hopkins put it, will be an enormous asset in an era of rapid change and innovation, when new jobs will be phased in and old ones phased out faster than ever.

Thomas Friedman

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You can't have the finest buildings if they're not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street.

Leon Krier

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There's two aspects of film crafting that I'm very strict about, and that's how I move my camera and where I cut the film.

James Wan

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Today we are united, strong and on the move. Today we have a strong strike fund. Today we have the resources to run large-scale organizing campaigns against global employers. Today we have $100 million in the bank.

James P. Hoffa

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