"Most people who came here came for economic……" — Jacques Pepin
"Most people who came here came for economic reasons or sometimes for religious or political reasons. I didn't have any of this. I came here, I liked it, I stayed. So I'm a pure American - even more than people who are born here - because I did it by choice as an adult."
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30 Quotes by Jacques Pepin
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This June, I'll travel once again to the Food and Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. For many years, my…
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Cooking is the art of adjustment.
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I cooked at the White House for Easter, last year, with Michelle Obama. But it more had to do with…
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All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first.
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After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what…
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Basically, I go to the local farmer's market and decide to what to cook then, depending on what I find.…
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Great cooking favors the prepared hands.
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I am a glutton. I'll eat whatever is there. Pizza. I love hot dogs anywhere. I've got nothing against any…
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I tell a student that the most important class you can take is technique. A great chef is first a…
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I was born on the eighteenth of December, 1935, in the town Bourg-en-Bresse, about thirty miles northeast of Lyon, the…
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You can't escape the taste of the food you had as a child. In times of stress, what do you…
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When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might…
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More Adult Quotes
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
— Drew Barrymore
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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