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The Hundred-Foot Journey QUOTES

The Hundred-Foot Journey QUOTES

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

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2 " I miss my old life "

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3 " But women- this I will never understand- they are touched by the oddest things "

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4 " 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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5 " But this you must know: the violent murder of a mother- when a boy is at the tender age, when he is just discovering girls- it is a terrible thing. confusingly mixed up with all the things feminine, it leaves a charred residue on the soul, like the black marks found at the bottom of a burned pot. no matter how much you scrub and scrub the pot bottom with steel wool and cleansers, the scars, they are permanent "

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6 " 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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7 " But even in hell there are moments when the light reaches you. "

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

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9 " never forget a snob is a person utterly lacking in good taste. "

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

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

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13 " 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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14 " 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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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 " And laughter, once again laughter. Heaven on earth, no? "

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17 " ...the balance sheet of her life, an endless list of credits and debits, of accomplishments and failures, small acts of kindness and real acts of cruelty. And the tears finally come as she looks away, unable to see this thing to the very end, for she knows without looking of the terrible imbalance, how long ago the credits stopped while the debits of vanity and selfishness run on and on. "

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18 " Gertrude,’ he said, ‘never forget a snob is a person utterly lacking in good taste. "

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19 " 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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20 " Energetic cockroaches, antennae waving, scampered across the trays of raw shellfish and sea bream to his elbow, and at his fingertips were the little bowls of his trade—garlic water, green peas, a creamy coconut and cashew gruel, chili and ginger purees. "

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