Marco Pierre White quotes - page 3

I think, in life, the more you force things, they break. You just let things happen. (Marco Pierre White)
My twenties were the worst period of my life.
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Good people are always forgiving. They close an eye to one's failings.
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For me, food is about generosity, and this should reflect on the plate as well.
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I leave my emotions at home.
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Can you imagine, I lost my mother at age six? My childhood ended then.
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I think it's really important for every young person to work in a kitchen because you learn a life skill.
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Anybody who thinks they're the perfect parent is a fool.
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If I think back to the eighties, my methods weren't conventional, but they got results.
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The only time I am seen in public is when I go to work. When I go home to England, I never leave my home.
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I can't work in a domestic kitchen; it's just too confined. There's no freedom, and there's no buzz. (Marco Pierre White)
You can't be a chef and appear on television all the time. It's impossible. At least when I earned my stars, I was always behind my stove.
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Oh, I love ladies in hats! One rule of restaurants: never take a hat from a lady; wait for her to offer you the hat because she might not want to take it off - she might not have had time to do her hair properly.
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I was brought up to respect my father and not to love him.
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People still think I led a rock and roll lifestyle. I was in my kitchen 100 hours a week; I didn't have time to do that.
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My children are, without question, the most wonderful thing. I've learnt more about myself through my children than any other experience in my life.
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I love the countryside, which is where I live and feel most comfortable, and hate being surrounded by herds of people.
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I was racially discriminated against for years as a child in Leeds because I was an Italian.
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There's something rather comforting about putting on an apron.
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If you really want to know what motivated me as a young man, it was a fear of death.
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I don't do social events, I don't do award ceremonies, I don't do charity dinners. I live my life off-radar. (Marco Pierre White)
Once you grow up and discover yourself as a human being you look at things for what they are.
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Do I shout, belittle or swear? No. I have sufficient confidence within myself to control my environment just by my presence, just by working hard and leading from the front.
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We're in a world that is run by accountants and I think that it's sad in many ways.
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I've never tried to be a celebrity chef, people call me that but I was that young boy that the media chose.
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