"My father has said a hundred times, and I have paid attention, that it's stupid to let money be the reason you don't do something."

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Source : Gabrielle Hamilton (2011). “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef”, p.30, Random House

Gabrielle Hamilton

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“On things like censorship, I think everything should be allowed on television. You know, I mean anything. I donâ€™t know who believes that anymore. Every left wing party says there should be some degree of censorship, that some things are bad taste. But itâ€™s unjustifiable for anyone to decide what is bad taste.”
“We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character.”
“Third issue, and again I think it is important to note, anyone can make a mistake and any administration can make a mistake once in a while, but this is just a long train of abuses, an unbroken chain of following special interests rather than the health of the American people.”
“I was a high school student like Picasso. I was a little eccentric, but I had high ideals. I wanted to get along well with girl, but when I met them face-to-face, I acted cold toward them. I was always in the art room drawing, I wanted to attract someone's interest. I thought that if I got good at drawing I might be able to establish a connection with the world.”
“Since one never knows what will be the line of advance, it is always most rash to condemn what is not quite in the fashion of the moment.”
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.”
“Of course, we all have to be taxed, but once you start to earn more than £150,000, and start paying 45 per cent tax, you are penalised. It is like a witch hunt.”

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“The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do every day - every morning or every night, whatever time it is that you have. Ideally, the time you decide on is also the time when you do your best work.”

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