Ruth Reichl Quotes

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

Ruth Reichl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I love to be outdoors, so I like to hike, bike and go to the beach.

Jillian Rose Reed

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Growing up, I never felt like the pretty girl.

Jessie Mueller

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Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting the company would inevitably punish, directly or indirectly, the many employees and shareholders who were totally innocent.

Jed S. Rakoff

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I've always been called 'Suki,' but my actual first name is Alice.

Suki Waterhouse

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At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody.

Tony Benn

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I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 18. I didn't know what it was, so I went to the library and looked it up.

Ron Santo

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You know you've made it to the big time when you're on a cereal box.

Mike Schultz

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I still work out most days. When I do it, I go full blast five or six days a week, two to three hours a day. I enjoy it. It's therapeutic for me.

Mickey Rourke

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Sometimes people say, 'You're the best at digressions.' And that's actually a real compliment to me.

Mike Birbiglia

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Some players tell me that since retiring they've had the urge to go somewhere every three days. To satisfy that urge, they may even jump in the car and drive around the block.

Lou Brock

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I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a single barrel .410 shotgun when I was 10.

Jon Meacham

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I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language.

Don DeLillo

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