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'The Food Network' was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldn't get there by subway, you couldn't be on. It wasn't like TV was something I really wanted to do - but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants.

Bobby Flay

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Bobby Flay
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: December 10
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Robert William Flay
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If you aren't nervous about your passion, you aren't passionate about it.
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I think everybody at some point in time has thought to themselves, I have a really great idea for a restaurant.
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I want to go to college and go back to Georgetown. It's a really cool place.
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I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.
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Nobody believed the 'Food Network' could last. Even I was short sighted and thought to myself, 24 hours of food on TV? They'll run out of things to talk about in four days! But that wasn't true. 'Food Network' continues to get better and evolve.
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When I'm on television, I think that I appeal to the everyday guy, 'cause that's who I am. The guys who go to the football games on the weekends are my viewers, for sure.
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