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Paul Prudhomme Quotes

I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: chef
Nationality: american
Birth: July 13, 1940 - October 8, 2015

Topics

Restaurant Nothing California Wines

What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last.

Life Words People Understanding Long

No longer is there a quest for the truth so much as there is this apparent need to present both sides of an issue even if one is nothing but lies and distortions.

Truth Present Nothing Sides Need

I've honed in on three questions that I ask myself when I'm evaluating where to spend my time. Is this something that I'm passionate about, is it purposeful, and will I have impact? And if I can't answer 'yes' to all three questions, then I have to sit back and ask, 'Is it really that important?'

Time Myself Impact Questions Back

Starting after 60, I thought, 'I'm not going to be able to write a book of poems on the 70s. It's going to be all moans and groans and complaints, and what is there to laugh about?' But I found plenty to laugh about.

Book Thought Laugh Write Starting

Finding original source material is not easy, but when something special like 'Edge of Tomorrow' comes along, everybody recognized it. I wasn't swimming against the stream. Warner Brothers immediately supported it, Tom Cruise signed on instantly; Emily Blunt, who was our first choice, signed on immediately.

Tomorrow Swimming Finding Choice

We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq.

Condoleezza Rice

Leadership Back Go Offense Clear

An outgrowth of having a long career is that I have a lot of interesting things around that I get to revisit, and someday get to the place where they become something that I want to do next.

Bruce Springsteen

Interesting Long Career Place Want

I believe we can build a human economy where people are the bottom line.

Winnie Byanyima

People Believe Build I Believe Line

Some people are a natural administrator. They actually enjoy doing it. I find it a chore. I'm not a details person. I go for the big sweep.

Peter Hollingworth

People Details Doing Enjoy Find Go

One of the first things that helped me to understand certain things about writing was seeing 'The Iceman Cometh' in the Village when I was a kid, before I ever became a newspaperman, and realizing that the world I knew could also be the subject of some amazing stuff.

Amazing Me Writing World Seeing Kid

What the 1990s taught the Clinton veterans was that you could 'triangulate' with a GOP-controlled Congress.

You Congress Veterans Taught Could

I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a grocery store, which is absolutely nothing short of disgusting.

Good City Me Leaf Short You

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