Ruth Reichl Quotes

Hunger, I discovered, is very much a matter of the mind, and as I began to study my own appetites, I saw that my teenage craving had not really been for food. That ravenous desire had been a yearning for love, attention, appreciation. Food had merely been my substitute.

Ruth Reichl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: chef
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1948

Topics

LoveFoodAppreciationMindDesire

Too much agreement kills the chat.

John Jay Chapman

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And what we're doing in Ohio is we're moving from a basic manufacturing economy to one that's diversified, including energy and health care and agriculture and IT.

John Kasich

HealthMovingEnergyCareDoing

Tina Fey and I have 15 things in development: 'Laverne and Shirley', 'Starsky and Hutch 3', 'Cagney and Lacey', 'Wonder Twins Activate From Two Hot Broads', 'Little House on the Prairie: The Musical: The Movie'.

Amy Poehler

HouseWonderDevelopmentHotTwins

I'd rather be the protector than the protected. I'm naturally the protector - being a mother and having a famous family. You have to navigate when it's right to protect.

Solange Knowles

FamilyMotherFamousYouProtect

I don't think it's important to be that good at singing. I think people who are good at singing sing backing vocals for pop stars. It's about how you project. I wouldn't consider myself to be a singer.

Robbie Williams

GoodStarsMyselfPeopleSinging

In acting, there's a type of courage you're recognized for all the time. You lose 100 pounds and play a guy with AIDS, and you get rewarded. But, in life, doing what is courageous is quiet, and no one knows about it. Courage is someone making sacrifices for their family or making selfless decisions for what they hope or feel.

Rob Lowe

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When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game, when you go to watch movies, the offering that those arenas are doing foodwise is 'all the hot dogs you can eat'; all the French fries you can eat; for $20 you can eat 20 hot dogs.

Jose Andres

BaseballGameDoingYouGoMovies

I have olive skin, so if I'm in the sun for even 15 minutes, I turn brown.

Audrina Patridge

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The president - every president - works for us. We don't work for him. We sometimes lose track of this, or rather get the balance wrong. Respect is due and must be palpable, but now and then you have to press, to either force them to be forthcoming or force them to reveal that they won't be.

Peggy Noonan

WorkRespectBalanceYouLoseWrong

I was not a Mouseketeer, but a lot of people think I was.

Shelley Fabares

PeopleThinkLot

David Letterman was my guy growing up. My parents recorded the tenth anniversary special for me, and I watched it 40 times.

Timothy Simons

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I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with.

Ringo Starr

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