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" Chefs are leaders in their own little world. "
Eric Ripert
Leaders
World
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" To me, it's very important to have time at the restaurant but also time with family and time for myself. "
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" The nature of human beings is to eat meat and fruits and vegetables, and therefore we have to kill animals. I don't have a problem with that. But it's a sacred moment. It's a gift of life. "
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" A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, 'What is your guilty pleasure?' I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy and it's the point. I think if you start to feel guilty about it, that's a problem. So, no guilty pleasures. I have pleasure and no guilt at all. "
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" I like the dynamic of PBS. They're very honest and authentic. "
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" If you can't think like an onion or a carrot or a tomato, you may be a technician, but you won't understand what you're doing, and your dish will be flat. "
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" I don't follow the food trends. "
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" Nobody wants an ugly book. "
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" I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea to come in the kitchen. "
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" When I see someone who has responsibilities, most of the time I can pinpoint that person because of the way he carries himself. "
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" One thing I don't like is complaints. "
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" A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not. "
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" Having sharp, great knives will enable you to cook very precisely. Knife skills are essential in cooking. "
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" The Cheesecake Factory's not that bad. "
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" I find the organic wave much more interesting in America than in France. "
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America
Interesting
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" Obviously California is fantastic in terms of produce, vegetables. "
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California
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" When you are 25, 30, you know, you have no responsibility, no mortgage, no kids, no retirement to think about, nothing. "
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" I'm fascinated by Japanese cuisine. "
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Fascinated
Japanese
Cuisine
" I barely speak English. "
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Barely
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" Everybody wants to support his own region and economy and farming. If we can preserve the land and if we can preserve the ocean, we all know, deep inside that we're doing the right thing. "
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" I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them. "
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Collecting
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" It has been stressful to be a French resident in America. "
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America
Been
" I like working in silence. "
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Working
Like
Silence
" In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while they're cooking. You want them to stay in the same spot. "
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" It took me all my life to learn how to salt a tomato. "
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" Money is not necessarily, although it helps a lot for happiness, it's not necessarily the best way to be happy, to be rich, you know. "
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" I like very much Louis Vuitton. My wife loves it too. "
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