Grant Achatz quote: "The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iPod and sit on my couch. That's how I unwind."

My home kitchen is airy, with a gas stove, a stainless-steel island table in the center and granite ...
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My life has been such a blur since I was 18, 19 years old. I haven't even had time to contemplat...
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Anything that could ever prevent me from achieving a goal, I put in a box, tape it up, throw it over...
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To me, every kitchen appliance is useful and nothing's overrated. When I look at my little espre...
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If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Cr...
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Food is a necessary component to life. People can live without Renoir, Mozart, Gaudi, Beckett, but t...
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I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.
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I lived my whole life in the kitchen. Not only that, but it's the passion, it's the love for...
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In a lot of ways, a lot of smells that aren't necessarily edible smell good, and they remind you...
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Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art.
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There are about 700 flavors that you can smell, but only five you can taste. A lot of times what you...
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Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that ma...
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I had D minuses in chemistry and all of the sciences, and now I'm known as a molecular gastronom...
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Growing up as a young kid, I was in a restaurant. So, you know, I always had a very good understandi...
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Alinea is not the type of restaurant where you go if you're in a hurry. Really, it's about e...
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Most smoked salts are made with liquid smoke, which is a condensate, but really, really good smoked ...
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A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing.
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What makes the food that we do at Alinea so interesting on the outside is that we really don't l...
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Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're t...
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Part of becoming a little bit older and having the opportunities that I have, you want to start givi...
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It's not really the life of cooking that's hard - it's what you make of it and what leve...
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Ultimately, the perfect meal is when those things come together - circumstance, the food, ambiance, ...
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I always knew I wanted to be a chef.
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My personality was always such that I always look straight forward, never behind or to the side.
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The popularity of the Internet and using it as an available resource has really changed the way chef...
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I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The...
AMY GRANT

It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old...
AMY GRANT

You have to treat people gently because we're all in a process. What might seem like a good idea...
AMY GRANT

Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we pla...
AMY GRANT

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.
AMY GRANT

Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd ...
AMY GRANT

I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's somethin...
AMY GRANT

Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much ...
AMY GRANT

I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced...
AMY GRANT

There is not a formula for the way that God heals. There's not a timetable.
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I think what I mostly realize is just that life is unpredictable. So don't be afraid, but just e...
AMY GRANT

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature...
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The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.
AMY GRANT

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with comp...
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I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a goo...
AMY GRANT

Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the C...
AMY GRANT

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect,...
AMY GRANT

Real relationship is gritty and earthy, the stuff that life is made of.
AMY GRANT

Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends...
AMY GRANT

Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's sh...
AMY GRANT

A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it'...
GRANT HESLOV

When you look at a film like 'The Ides of March' or 'Good Night, and Good Luck' even...
GRANT HESLOV

I slightly lost my enthusiasm for most acting, but I've done some little bits and pieces - curio...
HUGH GRANT

Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about i...
ADAM GRANT

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel...
AMY GRANT

Few men in their 70s looked as good as my father did. What was his secret? Genes, maybe, since he di...
JENNIFER GRANT

My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of...
GRANT GUSTIN

Our story opens where countless stories have ended in the last twenty-six years: with an idiot -- in...
MIRA GRANT

What is the death of a soldier even off duty of an occupying army walking in an occupied territory a...
LINDA GRANT

I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.
HUGH GRANT

I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'...
HUGH GRANT

Brexit was a fantastic example of a nation shooting itself full in the face.
HUGH GRANT

The artists realise it will take time. It is an upliftment process.
EDDY GRANT

There has never been any proper commitment to marketing these artists and their music. We are not So...
EDDY GRANT

I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claimin...
EDDY GRANT

Some people are selfish in all of their relationships. Those people are called sociopaths.
ADAM GRANT

For years, I believed that anything worth doing was worth doing early. In graduate school, I submitt...
ADAM GRANT

Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence.
ADAM GRANT

Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and client...
ADAM GRANT

Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unex...
ADAM GRANT

From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, sho...
ADAM GRANT

I believe that the most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed.
ADAM GRANT

It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment,...
ADAM GRANT

One of the signs of a bad coworker is a pattern of persistent undermining - intentionally hindering ...
ADAM GRANT

To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people c...
ADAM GRANT

To get real diversity of thought, you need to find the people who genuinely hold different views and...
ADAM GRANT

Kids who evolve into creative adults tend to have a strong moral compass.
ADAM GRANT

From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.
ADAM GRANT

Creativity is generating ideas that are novel and useful. I define originals as people who go beyond...
ADAM GRANT

Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning...
GRANT MORRISON

I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.
HUGH GRANT

I'm a really hectic dreamer; I never wake up not out of a dream, and there's loads going on,...
LINDA GRANT

Times were very hard if you were a poor, politically correct Jewish girl living in the east end of L...
LINDA GRANT

Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll ...
HUGH GRANT

'Notting Hill?' Does that poke fun at being British? Maybe it does. In 'Mickey Blue Eyes...
HUGH GRANT

If a politician isn't doing it to his wife , then he's doing it to his country.
AMY GRANT

He’s a murdering chud,” Zil was yelling.
“What do you want to do? Lynch him?” Astrid de...
MICHAEL GRANT

Last year, when I got that stress fracture and I was out for a while, I got really down on myself. M...
ADAM GRANT

To be honest, sometimes a rock worm feels like cheating because it's fishing a worm. It is a fantast...
ADAM GRANT

These flies hatch in the early spring and late fall. It's a dry fly that is usually fished pretty sm...
ADAM GRANT

This is a great pattern because you can dead drift a hot head leech, and toward the end of the cast,...
ADAM GRANT

The main principles for trout fishing are food and cover. If fish can get under the (ice) shelf and ...
ADAM GRANT

It's best to try and get it when the river's coming down a bit. When it's warm enough for the fish t...
ADAM GRANT

But we are not thinking about those things right now. We just want to focus on getting better every ...
ADAM GRANT

A scud is another one of my other winter flies. On the Reef it is the fly.
ADAM GRANT

When I look back at the pictures of our blended family the day Vince and I married, he and I are smi...
AMY GRANT

I want us to cool down for a while before we end up on horses' said Scully.

'What?' Hank ...
CHARLES GRANT

Scared people did scary things sometimes,
MICHAEL GRANT

Nothing is impossible to kill. It's just that sometimes after you kill something you have to keep sh...
MIRA GRANT

He didn't mind if she hated him. They were never going to be a cute romantic couple like Sam and Ast...
MICHAEL GRANT

Look at us! Are we not proof that there is no good, no evil, no truth, no reason? Are we not proof t...
GRANT MORRISON

Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get olde...
GRANT HILL

I'm not a combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict by raising the iss...
ALISTAIR GRANT

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
GRANT HILL

The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s.
JAMES GRANT

The legacy of women's war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war t...
LINDA GRANT

I think that there were only two people in my high school that were comfortable there, and I think t...
GRANT SHOW

Divorce is a game played by lawyers.
CARY GRANT

I improve on misquotation.
CARY GRANT

I think that there were only two people in my high school that were comfortable there, and I think ...
GRANT SHOW

Sam was slow getting up. To Quinn he looked like an old man standing up after slipping on the ice. B...
MICHAEL GRANT

Yelling doesn't get your point across, it only makes it louder.
GRANT HILL

Agreeable people are warm and friendly. They're nice; they're polite. You find a lot of them...
ADAM GRANT

By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for im...
ADAM GRANT

'Ernest Borgnine' is sort of my version of Woody Allen's 'Purple Rose Of Cairo' ...
JOHN GRANT

Now, with Annie gone, I'm looking for a new dog. I have a lot of duck hunting planned, and I can...
BUD GRANT

I had a MRSA infection on my ankle. At the time, I had never heard of MRSA. I didn't really know...
GRANT HILL

The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skill...
ADAM GRANT

I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don...
AMY GRANT

Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.
HUGH GRANT

Regardless of the obstacles or hurdles that are ahead of you, regardless of the opponent, regardless...
GRANT HILL

Successful givers secure their oxygen masks before coming to the assistance of others. Although thei...
ADAM GRANT

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quali...
HUGH GRANT

Swaziland is a small part of south-east Africa, the last country in the continent to gain its indepe...
RICHARD GRANT

Grief is perhaps an unknown territory for you. You might feel both helpless and hopeless without a s...
ANNE GRANT

It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile lif...
ADAM GRANT

When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think ab...
ADAM GRANT

I'm angry because I was so scared for so many years about just being myself.
JOHN GRANT

I frequently dream of having tea with the Queen.
HUGH GRANT

Power frees us from the chains of conformity.
ADAM GRANT

When I was in my 20s in the 1970s, I read all of Jean Rhys. I have reread very little since because ...
LINDA GRANT

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.
AMY GRANT

The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact o...
ADAM GRANT

Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent,...
ADAM GRANT

Tone is so important because you can have a great script just be ruined with the wrong director - if...
BETH GRANT

Did you throw a rock at my brother?” Astrid yelled, fearless in her outrage. She dropped to her kn...
MICHAEL GRANT

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.
AMY GRANT

When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcas...
LINDA GRANT

The fans of 'Speed' are very different from the fans of 'To Wong Foo,' which are dif...
BETH GRANT

The process was remarkably cathartic. I'd sit and listen to my father's voice - having not h...
JENNIFER GRANT

We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it and we shi...
CARY GRANT

The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's...
HUGH GRANT

He'd forgiven who he needed to forgive, let go of what he needed to, and accepted himself as he ...
JENNIFER GRANT

Do you know the solo at the end of 'Why Don't You Love Me Any More?' that sounds like a ...
JOHN GRANT

I remember going on carriage rides with Dad when we'd visit. I think quiet L.A. suited him bette...
JENNIFER GRANT

I think they need to concentrate more on the people, the less-fortunate here in Hagerstown.
ANDRE GRANT

This is the most reckless and vicious prosecution that I have ever witnessed. There has been no conf...
ANDRE GRANT

We don't want this to happen again. Something needs to be done about the way the police handle and m...
ANDRE GRANT

The parents were satisfied with it and after seven years they wanted to get this behind them.
ANDRE GRANT

I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was inter...
GRANT MORRISON

Checking your ego, abandoning it, letting it go, is a huge part of recovery from addiction.
SUSANNAH GRANT

[Caine]
"Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were."
[Sam]
MICHAEL GRANT

Anger is a natural response when something you value is taken away from you. You may feel alone, iso...
ANNE GRANT

Break any problem into, or make any changes in, small increments.
ANNE GRANT

I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the coun...
ANNE GRANT

Grief is a process, not a state.
ANNE GRANT

Grief is perhaps an unknown territory for you. You might feel both helpless and hopeless without a s...
ANNE GRANT

Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock aft...
ANNE GRANT

Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keepi...
ANNE GRANT

It is what it is. Isn't that how these things always go? They are what they are. We just get to cope...
MIRA GRANT

We came out of nowhere. We just want this dream to continue.
AVRAHAM GRANT

Enough. I am tired of the demonic dance (in the media over whether I will be offered a third term). ...
AVRAHAM GRANT

[Group winners] France scored less goals than we did but took their chances. We have built up a grou...
AVRAHAM GRANT

I am pinching myself. I cannot believe we have eight points. Nobody gave us much of a chance but we ...
AVRAHAM GRANT

It's a great result for us.
AVRAHAM GRANT

First of all the name, and the color purple, I think those two things distinguish the Vikings as muc...
BUD GRANT

I'm looking forward to doing really big things.
ANTHONY GRANT

We're playing in the last game. It's the thing that every coach wants when the season begins. And it...
ANTHONY GRANT

Those losses were good because we hadn't been hardened yet as a team. To lose like that, heartbreaki...
ANTHONY GRANT

You've got to pay a livable wage, ... We've got some excellent staff that are turning things around.
ANTHONY GRANT

It will be very exciting for you guys, the fans, to watch. It will be a very exciting style of play ...
ANTHONY GRANT

Brianna dropped the skateboard in front of Sam. "Don't worry: I won't let you fall off."
"Yeah...
MICHAEL GRANT

Sam,” Astrid yelled. “Quick.”
Sam thought he was too far gone to respond, but he somehow ...
MICHAEL GRANT

Where was Sam?
It hit her full force then, the shocking realization. Was this how Sam felt? Was...
MICHAEL GRANT

Okay, look. I get it. You're one of those people who thinks they have to help screwed-up people. Or ...
MICHAEL GRANT

I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor m...
AMY GRANT

The hard times are several years behind me now. This is probably the most peaceful stretch of life I...
AMY GRANT

We did a show in San Antonio that was really amazing. The military helped us do a satellite to Baghd...
AMY GRANT

To me, the human experience does involve a great deal of anguish. It's joyful, but it's bittersweet....
AMY GRANT

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, not...
AMY GRANT

Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow...
AMY GRANT

It's true. I'm a simple person. Some people tend to live from trauma to trauma, and that energizes t...
AMY GRANT

The fact of the matter is, when I'm on tour, I'm juggling so hard to keep all the balls in the air t...
AMY GRANT

For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I ...
HUGH GRANT

For me, the backdrop of half the experiences of life includes music.
AMY GRANT

In the workplace, many people become helicopter managers, hovering over their employees in a well-in...
ADAM GRANT

Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the...
ADAM GRANT

I'm quite jealous of my Scottish relations, in whose culture everyone, in a Jane Austen kind of ...
HUGH GRANT

A resilient culture has a certain amount of resistance embedded in it. Not so much to capsize it, bu...
ADAM GRANT

My laziness is really profound. I'm really interested in where it comes from - it almost feels c...
HUGH GRANT

Simple. Pared down. Timeless. The ties were never too thick or too thin; the pants were never too fl...
JENNIFER GRANT

When medical students focus on helping others, they're able to weather the slings and arrows of ...
ADAM GRANT

Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pl...
ADAM GRANT

I've driven people mad on films that I've made - I want more takes; I want to try new lines....
HUGH GRANT

My instinct was that it was Sidney's childhood in the Bahamas that gave him the fearlessness to ...
LEE GRANT

Being a nice person is about courtesy: you're friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. Wh...
ADAM GRANT

It's very true that you can be both selfless and selfish at the same time. What we tend towards,...
HUGH GRANT

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choi...
AMY GRANT

I've certainly had a bad attitude to my job on many occasions. Not since 'Four Weddings and ...
HUGH GRANT

Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.
CARY GRANT

I was fat-shamed the other day on a British newspaper. The headline was 'Four Bellies and a Turk...
HUGH GRANT

When it comes to Father's Day, I will remember my dad for both being there to nurture me and als...
JENNIFER GRANT

People are going to come into your life that need you, and being there for them makes the day worth ...
AMY GRANT

My mother was a very sweet soul and a beautiful person, but she had a lot of fear.
JOHN GRANT

The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iPod and sit on my couch. That's how I unwind.

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The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iPod and sit on my couch. That's how I unwind.

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