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So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the full two years and worked in the restaurant industry after that until finally I thought I had a grasp on what I needed to do what I do.
Alton Brown
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Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
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Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.
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I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.
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I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it.
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If there's something I feel certain of, it is that we're not very aware of each other and that's largely because of social media.
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