Richard C. Morais Quotes

#1. But even in hell there are moments when the light reaches you.

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#2. Hassan, he has the makings of a great chef, it is true, and he has talent beyond anything you and I possess.

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#3. Have you noticed, to get fresh air into a house after a hard winter, you must sometimes use a little force to open the window that has for too long been sealed shut?

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#4. But women- this I will never understand- they are touched by the oddest things

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#5. never forget a snob is a person utterly lacking in good taste.

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#6. I miss my old life

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#7. My dear man, a gourmand is a gentleman with the talent and fortitude to continue eating even when he is not hungry.

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#8. And laughter, once again laughter. Heaven on earth, no?

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#9. A powerful thing, destiny. You can't run from it. Not in the end.

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#10. Never be afraid of trying something new, Hassan. Very important. It is the spice of life.

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#11. My friends, the hardest thing, when you reach a certain level, is to stay fresh, day in and day out. The world changes very fast around us, no? So, as difficult as it is, the key to success is to embrace this constant change and move with the times," said Chef Piquot.

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#12. there are many points in life when we cannot see what awaits us around the corner, and it is precisely at such times, when our path forward is unclear, that we must bravely keep our nerve, resolutely putting one foot before the other as we march blindly into the dark.

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#13. Go. You are working very hard, Hassan. You deserve some fun. I will take care of Mehtab and your aunt, don't you worry. The ting about agitated hens, you throw some corn, you cluck over them a bit, and in no time they settle down. So go. I will take care of them. Not to worry.

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#14. I do think you have to change with the times in a way that renews your core essence, not abandons it. To change for the sake of change - without an anchor - that is mere faddishness. It will only lead you further astray.

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#15. When we arrived, the sun was setting, like a mango sorbet dripping over the horizon; the platinum rolls of the Mediterranean produced the soothing sound of waves thudding the cliff rocks below us.

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#16. All this sea of humanity reassured me that as alien as i felt, there were always others in the world far odder than I

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#17. Good taste is not the birthright of snobs, but a gift from God sometimes found in the unlikeliest of people".

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#18. But of course, no family is an island unto itself. It is always part of a larger culture: a community.

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#19. For if there was one human condition that Madame Mallory understood, it was jealousy, the intense pain of realising there are those in the world who simply are greater than we are, surpassing us, in some profound way, in all our accomplishments.

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