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" Everyone tries to compare cooks to rock stars. I see more comparisons to the fashion world. "

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" I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things. "

" Any processed chicken from any place - I'll order it in a heartbeat. I'm very picky about my pork, though. "

" I think being Shaquille O'Neal would be the most amazing thing. There's nothing I would have done differently in his life. Everything he's done I think is pretty spot on, even, like, the bad rap videos, the shoes, the movies, everything. "

" Before I had my own restaurant, I was never top dog in the kitchen. I've always had a low opinion of myself as a cook. "

" I appreciate people who are happy. "

" I love to eat sushi, and, you know, those flavors and wasabi and really eating spoonfuls of it... I would just mix it and put it on everything, literally. "

" Don't even get me started. I'm not against all vegetarians. But if you're a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing more harm. "

" To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world. "

" There's the common misconception that restaurants make a lot of money. It's not true. If you look at maybe the top chef in the world, or at least monetarily, it's like Wolfgang Puck, but he makes as much money as an average crappy investment banker. "

" Shouldn't a three-course meal be 90 minutes? Do you know how hard you have to edit your menu to pull that off? Twenty-seven minutes. That's the average meal at Jiro's in Tokyo. "

" America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad - based on huge portions and fast food. Let's stop with the excuses and start creating something better. "

" I'm always criticizing and only see the mistakes. "

" Chef Thomas Keller was an inspiration to me and many, many young cooks like me. He told us that the role of the new, modern chef is different. "

" I don't like eating in restaurants. "

" My dad was in the restaurant business, but I didn't really think about following him. Had I done better at school, I don't know if I would have been a chef. "

" I was terrible at desk jobs. "

" Life's too short to just breeze on by. "

" Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, they're not teaching you the broad foundation you need to become a well-rounded cook. "

" I'm not cooking every day anymore, and that's the biggest withdrawal. Cooking is honest work. Now I don't know how to measure myself. "

" In New York, we're always confined with spaces. Our restaurants are difficult to navigate as cooks and to operate. We fight against the buildings we run in New York. "

" I think the basic thing that home cooks can learn how to do is just season properly... If the home cook realized how little salt they use compared to what's needed, it would make their food taste better. "

" I really don't care for the proper chef coat. "

" I hate to say 'chain restaurant,' but we're sort of a corporation now. How do we defy that concept, where people assume each restaurant can't be good? "

" I work so hard that I forget to take care of myself. "

" Running a business anywhere isn't easy. "

" When you meet the farmers and go to the farms, you see that they treat their animals like they're family. It makes a big difference. "

" Waiting tables has never paid my bills, a fact which I prefer to hide from my colleagues with deep sighs about the price of just about everything. "

" People are getting famous now for serving food out of a truck, or for, well, pork buns. I don't know if I'm really pleased to be a part of that. I'm somewhat terrified of what the future holds, especially in America. "

" I wanted to disprove the notion that you couldn't open a great restaurant in a casino. "