Ruth Reichl Quotes

There is an almost anti-epicurean tradition at the very base of America. For much of the middle part of American history, people who wanted to overcome that went to France.

Ruth Reichl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryPeopleAmericanAmerica

Having two children with autism, it makes you really think about how we do relate to each other.

Jocelyn Moorhouse

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Every team, in some sense, plays dirty. The game of football is dirty.

Andrew Whitworth

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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

Andre Maurois

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We suspect Dr. Clutterbuck's sense of hearing must be injured: for him the 'ear trumpet' magnifies but distorts sound, rendering it less distinct than before.

Robert James Graves

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The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.

Michael Gove

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I would love to do theater. But I am very picky when choosing theater. I just won't do anything.

Ana Layevska

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There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else.

Toni Collette

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I am not doomed.

Michel Temer

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I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.

Julia Sawalha

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Some people have the gift where they can just sing. I don't have the fail-safe voice, so it has to be something that I need to sing about.

Jonathan Groff

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Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves.

Derek Walcott

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I'm surprised by how many people have not seen 'Footloose.'

Craig Brewer

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