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Having realised that in cooking there was a vast field of study and development, I said to myself, 'Although I had not originally intended to enter this profession, since I am in it, I will work in such a fashion that I will rise above the ordinary, and I will do my best to raise again the prestige of the chef de cuisine.'

~Auguste Escoffier

Topics: Above Again Although Am Best Chef Cooking Cuisine Development Enter Fashion Field Had Having Intended Myself Ordinary Originally Prestige Profession Raise Realised Rise Rise Above Said Since Study Vast Will Work I Am

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The only question where there is disagreement is should the highest income rates above a quarter million dollars a year go back to where they were under Bill Clinton. That is the dispute about the taxes.

~Austan Goolsbee

Topics: About Above Back Bill Bill Clinton Clinton Disagreement Dispute Dollars Go Highest Income Million Million Dollars Only Quarter Question Rates Should Taxes Were Where Year

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In contrast to our sinking taste, there has been a revival of interest in verse drama in England, Scotland, and elsewhere. The movement has been slow but sure and, above all, modest in its demands.

~Austin Clarke

Topics: Above Been Contrast Demands Drama Elsewhere England Interest Modest Movement Our Revival Scotland Sinking Slow Sure Taste Verse

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Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

~Ayrton Senna

Topics: Above All My Life Been Blood Competing Doing Else Everything Everything Else Life Me My Life Out Part Racing Stands

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And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Above Care Care Costs Costs Could Deficit Did Get Goal Going Health Health Care Health Care Costs Huge Important Important Thing Inflation Instead Just Level Made Maybe Most Most Important Thing Our Percent Progress Reducing Single Slightly Terms Thing Up Way Why Year

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It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.

~Barbara Castle

Topics: Above Accomplished Breaking Control Cry Democratic Else Everybody Everybody Else Few Few People Lives Much People Power Rule Time Very

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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

~Barbara Ehrenreich

Topics: About Above Freedom Freedom Of Speech Itself Life Nothing Officially Seem Speech Talk Value Weather Who

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I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.

~Barbara Sukowa

Topics: Above Afraid Always Because Been Believed Discourse Fearless Had Hannah Her Knew Opinions Out Overwhelmed Plato Popular Public Read She Speak Times Would

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Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it there.

~Barbara Walters

Topics: Above Actual Airplane Astronauts Before Beyond Clouds Could Find Go Had Over Place Rainbow Really Somewhere Thought

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If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.

~Barney Oliver

Topics: Above Colonization Demanding Energy Far Figures Indicate Might Motive Obvious Time Travel

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