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" The only way we'll know where we're going is to look at the past and to remember who we were through ceremonies and rituals. "

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" When I cook certain dishes, I smell my grandmother's kitchen, my grandmother's smells. I thought, 'What a wonderful way to tell a story.' "

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" Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development. "

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" Destiny has always been something that interested me as a subject, but not in a fatalistic way because I believe that one can transform destiny through self-knowledge. "

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" The kitchen is where we deal with the elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves. "

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" We're in a period of revolutionary change. I'm optimistic. One's self changes, and then the world changes. It's going to begin internally, not externally. "

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