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I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail.

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Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
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Alton Crawford Walter Brown
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I'm loyal and very good about giving people opportunities.
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I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.
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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 have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.
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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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Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it.
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Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.
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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.
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