Being a success in the world, having total control of one’s life, is about being able to take or leave things.
GILES CORENI always feel quite Jewish but I used to deny it until I was in my twenties.
More Giles Coren Quotes
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It doesn’t matter how much of a hurry you think you are in. Be one of the people for whom ten minutes does not make a difference.
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I’m not a mad, crazy foodie. But I have strong opinions and I know a lot about food.
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I would go swaggering into restaurants in some ridiculous tramp disguise, challenging them to mistreat me, order the things I was least likely to enjoy, then hurl my plate aside in a fury and demand to see the manager.
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World cross-fertilization is fantastic. Immigration across the world has led to all kinds of fantastic new and exciting kinds of food being available. And there’s all kinds of different kinds of restaurants.
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Have you ever been to the countryside? It’s so small. And there’s nothing to do.
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The good fortune of my life, which has been to turn those glittering nights into my job, all came from there.
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I always feel quite Jewish but I used to deny it until I was in my twenties.
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I was 41 when I became a dad. I try to be as much fun as my father was, but I’m at home more – and less of a disciplinarian.
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I come from a country where there’s a reputation for bad press.
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Gradually, I developed opinions about food, and my French friends taught me that you have to complain in a restaurant.
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The notion of getting pleasure from food has gone too far; we can also get pleasure from anticipating a meal, and from not being quite sated.
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Personally I ride a bicycle, travel by train and bus and campaign tirelessly for a car taxation system that will hammer ignorant, selfish, petty, fat, spoilt, stupid car abusers into giving up their addiction and walking.
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My dad is the best and funniest newspaper columnist. There is nobody anywhere near as good.
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All I care about is that people who like me think I’m funny. I get on with writing pretty straight-down the line, old-fashioned stuff.
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When I was 16 my dad taught me to drive too. Furiously. Unable to understand why I couldn’t already do it – for driving, to him, was innate in the human. It was what separated us from the apes. And from the French, who weren’t much good at it either.
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