Quote by Emeril Lagasse
You know, in 1975 I couldnt get a job in New York City because I w

You know, in 1975 I couldnt get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American. – Emeril Lagasse

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You go to a restaurant in the States and kids have these game boards at the table. You dont see that in Italy or Spain. Its not because they cant afford to buy them, its because thats not what eating together as a family is about. – Emeril Lagasse

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Being a food show and being me, I always kicked it up a notch, which means I would always elevate the spice level or the complexity of a particular dish. So, it was always like were going to kick this up a little bit. – Emeril Lagasse

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The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, theyre doing their own challenges. Its back to cooking. And its real cooking. – Emeril Lagasse

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At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education. – Estelle Morris

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Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties have been idly contending who should bestow it. – Joseph Lancaster

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All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts. – John Walters

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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. – Will Durant

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