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I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus, I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile

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Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
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I do know I'm a control freak.
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I'm loyal and very good about giving people opportunities.
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I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces.
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I'm grateful my teenaged daughter is healthy and well and for the work I do to make a living.
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I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find someone with the same background and whatnot and I finally found him
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I am publicly apolitical.
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My mantra was to educate people - to actually give them the know-how they could use - and to do it in a very subversive kind of way. I would entertain them, and I was going to teach them whether they knew it or not.
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I do like artfully breaking rules.
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I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.
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