Quotes by Martin Yan - Page 1

I enjoy the quiet life.
Martin Yan / Chef
Life
Enjoy
Introvert
Quiet
Quiet Life
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I live a very low-key life.
Martin Yan / Chef
Life
Keys
Low Key
Lows
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I normally don't eat junk food.
Martin Yan / Chef
Junk
Junk Food
Normally
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Soy sauce is really a multi-purpose seasoning.
Martin Yan / Chef
Purpose
Sauce
Seasoning
Soy
Soy Sauce
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When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.
Martin Yan / Chef
Work
Enjoy
Play
Becomes
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You don't have to show people how successful you are.
Martin Yan / Chef
People
Shows
Successful
Show People
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When you have a good stock, you can make a good soup.
Martin Yan / Chef
Soup
Stock
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First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef.
Martin Yan / Chef
Chef
Claims
Firsts
Claim
First Of All
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The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.
Martin Yan / Chef
Applause
Excited
Praise
Praises
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I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life.
Martin Yan / Chef
Jobs
Life
Great Job
Normal
Life Great I Am
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Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.
Martin Yan / Chef
America
Country
Great Country
Great Country America
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I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.
Martin Yan / Chef
Famous
Being Famous
Constraints
Fame
Hindrance
Thinking
Constraint
Letting
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I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day.
Martin Yan / Chef
Left
Next
Next Day
Night
Waste
Eaten
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At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant.
Martin Yan / Chef
China
Hong Kong
Leaving
Restaurants
Thirteen
Restaurant
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I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.
Martin Yan / Chef
Business
Teacher
Cooking
Entertainment
Entertainment Business
Considered
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I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.
Martin Yan / Chef
Chinese
Community
Culture
Helping
Represent
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I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.
Martin Yan / Chef
Time
Fish Tanks
Long
Long Time
Seaweed
Time Long Will
Fish
Dried
Foods
Lotus
Preserved
Seed
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I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys.
Martin Yan / Chef
Cooking
Knives
Tools
Toys
Drawer
In Fact
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When I retire or pass away, I will be able to look back and say that this has been an exciting life. That's all that matters.
Martin Yan / Chef
Life
Exciting Life
Looks
Passing Away
Life Look Will
Retire
Matters
Pass
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Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.
Martin Yan / Chef
Money
Profession
Successful
Thinking
Money Never Know
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A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.
Martin Yan / Chef
Jobs
Hate
Passion
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Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.
Martin Yan / Chef
Age
America
Eighteen
Past
Accent
Shake
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Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.
Martin Yan / Chef
Asian
Chinese
Chinese Culture
Culture
Valuable
General
Virtues
Tremendously
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As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything.
Martin Yan / Chef
Chinese
Long
Prepared
Thinking
Good Food Long
Tastes
Japanese
Overdone
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You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good.
Martin Yan / Chef
Soup
Strong
Taste
Almost
Almost Anything
Tastes
Stock
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In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.
Martin Yan / Chef
Love
Beans
Enjoy
Prepared
Spaghetti
Steak
Sushi
Tacos
General
Taco
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I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.
Martin Yan / Chef
Becoming
Chef
Children
College
Cooking
Dinner
Julia
Remember When
Tv
Cooking Show
Joke
Roommates
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If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things.
Martin Yan / Chef
Food
Flavor
If I Could
Reason
Sauce
Soy
Soy Sauce
Type
Bring
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Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables.
Martin Yan / Chef
Kids
Cuisine
Meat
Vegetables
Western
Touch
Normally
Serve
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So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out.
Martin Yan / Chef
Kids
Patience
Chinese
Cooking
Vegetables
Mix
Pick
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Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.
Martin Yan / Chef
Positive
Society
Giving
May
People
Resources
Trying
Most
Anything
Try
Back
Contribute
Drain
Even
Give
Some
Some People
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People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live.
Martin Yan / Chef
Inspirational
Travel
New Things
People
Views
Accept
Front
Global
View
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Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef.
Martin Yan / Chef
Business
Agriculture
Chef
Father
Carry
Ended
Farm
Likely
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Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.
Martin Yan / Chef
Happiness
Applause
Believe
Done
Meaningful
People
Praise
Within
Done Believe People
Nothing
Much
How Many People
Truly
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The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it's ruined.
Martin Yan / Chef
Dishes
Ingredients
Ruined
World
Best World Your
Burnt
Counts
Dish
Prepare
The Only Thing
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The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united.
Martin Yan / Chef
Chinese
Division
Hong Kong
Divisions
Natives
Taiwanese
The Problem With
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I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.
Martin Yan / Chef
Jobs
Motivational
Money
Passion
Personal Satisfaction
Satisfaction
Factor
Motivates
Primary
Professional
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