Grant Achatz Quotes

Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're trying to be the best you can possibly be, then you'll be putting that pressure on yourself.

Grant Achatz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: chef
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 25, 1974

Topics

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I don't mean to in any way impugn the makers of Bentley, but that car is nuts. When I do drive, I drive a Toyota Prius. So driving around the streets of Albuquerque in a Bentley made me feel so fake-a-rooney.

Jessica Hecht

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I wasn't one of those hideous children who make their parents sit through hour-long performances when you're seven. I didn't do anything like that thankfully.

Jo Brand

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I don't start out making films with a certain goal in mind.

Matthew Heineman

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Though some choices may slow our journey, every path we take gives us more familiarity with how our actions affect the world around us, giving us more opportunities to learn how to help ourselves and others.

Matthew Underwood

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Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That's what I'm after.

Angela Duckworth

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It's a great thing about being pregnant - you don't need excuses to pee or to eat.

Angelina Jolie

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Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.

Jean-Claude Juncker

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At 19 years old, when I came out of St. John's, I was fresh out the 'hood. I was fresh out of Queensbridge.

Metta World Peace

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I've never thought about the end of my career. I've had this growing motto in my life to live day to day - and when you live day to day, it's hard to talk years.

Troy Polamalu

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If I am ever in the spotlight, I want to look good.

Roxane Gay

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I had done a couple of plays, but I was a clueless boob. 'Cosby' allowed me to have something on my resume that was real and then the producers of 'Guiding Light' let me play a preppy killer just the following month. Suddenly I had two gigs on my resume that made me look like a real actor, although I was far from it.

Michael Weatherly

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I represent a district in Nevada, a state that is home to more wild horses than all other states combined.

Jon Porter

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