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Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: About Approach Determined Diligently Doing Excellence Fighting Flaws Interesting Makes More Okay Process Pursuing Right Something Strict

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All four elements were happening in equal measure - the cuisine, the wine, the service, and the overall ambience. It taught me that dining could happen at a spiritual level.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Ambience Could Cuisine Dining Elements Equal Four Happen Happening Level Me Measure Overall Service Spiritual Taught Were Wine

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Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Always Argue Cook Critically How Ideas Important Learn Need Opposing Students Them Think You

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A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Based Basis Chef Cuisine Exciting Go He His How Improvise Jazz Jazz Musician Knowledge Music Musician Once Things Together Truly Understands You

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I have always considered desserts to be of equal importance to the savory food.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Always Considered Desserts Equal Food Importance

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In my case, vertical food was less about standing things up than layering things: more an attempt to gain texture by weaving things together.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: About Attempt Case Food Gain Less More Standing Texture Than Things Together Up Vertical Weaving

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You can't be afraid to not have everything figured out. There's too much pressure on young people today to have it all figured out when they're in college.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Afraid College Everything Figured Much Out People Pressure Today Too Too Much You Young Young People

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When I graduated I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't want a conventional career.

~Charlie Trotter

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Any fool can be happy. What I'm interested in is satisfaction. There's got to be more to life than just being happy. You've got to be fulfilled. You've got to be satisfied; philosophically satisfied is what I mean.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Any Be Happy Being Being Happy Fool Fulfilled Got Happy Interested Just Life Mean More Philosophically Satisfaction Satisfied Than You

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There has been no great surprise, no sudden revelation. I knew pretty much what I was getting into. What I've learned is that a restaurant can be as much of an art as you want it to be, but it has to be a successful business first.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Art Been Business First Getting Great Knew Learned Much Pretty Restaurant Revelation Successful Sudden Surprise Want You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Celebrity

Born: September 8th, 1959

Died: November 5th, 2013

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