The chef can be very innovative, but the decision is made by the customer.
Barry Lam
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm a quiet person's nightmare - the only time I shut up is when I'm reading, because I'm a book geek.
Jodie Whittaker
TimeBookReadingQuietPersonUp
It's impossible for me to disentangle how much of my storytelling urge is the product of growing up with novelist parents and how much is a genetic legacy from those same parents.
Jesse Kellerman
ParentsMeGrowing UpLegacyGrowing
Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person.
John Forbes Nash, Jr.
WorkSuccessResearchThoughtBetter
Insight into character comes from listening intently to the spoken word. The physical person, their charisma, charm and dramatic flair is more often used to persuade audiences, as they use these stealth tools of disguise and deception.
Maximillian Degenerez
CharacterListeningToolsPerson
This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to date - funded our promises for port security at only $900 million. That's quite a distance between what we say and what we actually do.
Solomon Ortiz
PromisesBorderSecurityDistance
I don't think that I'm over his influence but they probably don't look like Picassos; Picasso himself would probably have thrown up looking at my pictures.
Roy Lichtenstein
InfluenceLookingThinkLookOver
The czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family.
Mary Antin
FamilyMatterAlwaysGotDuesHis
To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them.
Joyce Carol Oates
LifeEndingBe TrueInevitableTrue
History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story.
Donald Kagan
HistoryStoryWayExplainOwnHad
I still love to do the old songs. I know some people don't.
Bonnie Tyler
LovePeopleKnowSome PeopleOld
This name Mandela is an albatross around the necks of my family.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
FamilyNameAroundNecksMandela
I asked someone once why he liked Jean-Michel's work and why it was being singled out for acclaim, and he said, 'Because it looks like art.' But then again, art doesn't always look like art at first. The way the space shuttle that lifts off doesn't much resemble the space shuttle as it lands.
Rene Ricard
WorkArtSpaceSomeoneLookLooks
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