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

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" Say a child raises this beautiful beet. It's going to give her a sense of ownership, and that changes everything. You stop taking things for granted; you become less wasteful. "

" As a child, I didn't see my dad that much because he was always working at the restaurant. He became pretty jaded after working at the restaurant for so long. "

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

" Cooking and gardening involve so many disciplines: math, chemistry, reading, history. "

" When I first started to cook, I would cook these elaborate meals, but I rarely cook at home now. "

" 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. "

" 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 was terrible at desk jobs. "

" 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 appreciate people who are happy. "

" Running a business anywhere isn't easy. "

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

" Fear is a driving force for most of the things that I do. I don't know if that's healthy. "

" If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost my temper. But now I realize that if I'm so right, then I should be able to communicate it so clearly that they get it. "

" Contemporary ramen is totally different than what most Americans think ramen should be. Ramen is not one thing; there are many, many different types. "

" 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. "

" If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is. "

" I think that the Japanese - and I do love Japanese cuisine and adore Japanese food culture - I think that they're going to plow through the entire world's fishing. They're going to eat everything anyways. "

" Just because something's been good in the past doesn't mean it will continue to be good. "

" The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out. "

" I don't like eating in restaurants. "

" One of the benefits to ordering food in New York is that you can get food 24/7. "

" When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I was quite cocky, but having been hailed as this great young golfer, I couldn't even make the high school golf team once I got there. I had a big dose of humble pie then, and ever since, I've always known that there is always someone out there better than you, more talented. Always. "

" 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. "