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A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Century Long Long Time One Thing Quarter Restaurant Running Thing Time

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I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Actually Always Considered Cool Davis Deviation Him Kind Miles Miles Davis Never Perfectionist Where

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My parents couldn't be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing.

~Charlie Trotter

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I've always been a little crazy.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Always Been Crazy Little

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I worked in 40 restaurants over a five-year period.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Five-Year Over Period Restaurants Worked

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If you ever want to get anywhere in life, you're going to have to push it, and somebody's going to push you to get there. End of story.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Anywhere End Ever Get Going Life Push Somebody Story Want You

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The most successful food, I think, is food that both appeals to the super-sophisticated diner or foodie and to the lay diner at the same time.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Appeals Both Diner Food Lay Most Same Same Time Successful Think Time I Think

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I have a certain point of view, a certain way to plate food, certain ingredients that I like to use.

~Charlie Trotter

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Maybe it's good to be traumatized in your youth, to make you think differently and step outside the box. Anybody can be comfortable, but if you get your world rocked, shaken as it were, then maybe it causes you to really go to a whole other level in a different way.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Anybody Box Causes Comfortable Different Different Way Differently Get Go Good Level Make Maybe Other Outside Really Shaken Step Then Think Way Were Whole World You Your Youth

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As tough as I've been on anybody, as hard as I've ever been on anybody, I have been harder on myself. By far.

~Charlie Trotter

Topics: Anybody Been Ever Far Hard Harder Myself Tough

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Celebrity

Born: September 8th, 1959

Died: November 5th, 2013

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