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55 Famous Nigella Lawson Quotes That Are Sure To Inspire The Chef In You

Famous As: English Food Writer, Television Cook, and Television Presenter

Born On: January 6, 1960

Born In: Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom

Nigella Lawson is a renowned English gourmet, food writer, journalist, television personality and broadcaster. Before starting as a journalist, Nigella was a restaurant critic and book reviewer. Her first professional job was of writing a book review for a publishing house. She was appointed as the deputy literary editor at ‘The Sunday Times’. She later embarked upon a career as a freelancer column writer. Lawson published her first book ‘How To Eat’ which became a best-seller. She followed it up with another book titled, ‘How To Be A Domestic Goddess’ for which she received the ‘Author Of The Year Award’. Lawson worked as a host for her own cookery show, ‘Nigella Bites’ which gained a lot of recognition. She has sold approximately three million cookery books across the globe till date. She also owns a cookware range named ‘Living Kitchen’. Nigella Lawson has always been under the spotlight be it for her culinary skills, her writings, or for throwing shades or for her scathing attacks. Following is a collection of thoughts and quotes by Nigella Lawson which have been elicited from her writings, books, interviews, tweets, shows and life.

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I don't believe you can ever really cook unless you love eating.

I don't believe you can ever really cook unless you love eating.
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There is a kind of euphoria of grief, a degree of madness.

There is a kind of euphoria of grief, a degree of madness.
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You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be.

You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be.
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I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.
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It sounds like something on a very trite T-shirt, but life is what happens.

It sounds like something on a very trite T-shirt, but life is what happens.
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I don't believe in low-fat cooking.
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But if you know that something has been really vicious, you don't read it, you don't let it into your head. What's damaging is when sentences go through your head and you burn with the injustice of it.

But if you know that something has been really vicious, you don't read it, you don't let it into your head. What's damaging is when sentences go through your head and you burn with the injustice of it.
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Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true.

Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true.
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I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out.

I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out.
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And, in a funny way, each death is different and you mourn each death differently and each death brings back the death you mourned earlier and you get into a bit of a pile-up.

And, in a funny way, each death is different and you mourn each death differently and each death brings back the death you mourned earlier and you get into a bit of a pile-up.
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Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on.

Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on.
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I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.
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It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure.

It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure.
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I don't like conflict.
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Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter.

Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter.
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Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.

Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.
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People who have fabulous childhoods have this sense that nothing is ever going to be that good again. With me, I have the sense that nothing is going to be that bad.

People who have fabulous childhoods have this sense that nothing is ever going to be that good again. With me, I have the sense that nothing is going to be that bad.
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There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity.

There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity.
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I can understand why those primitive desert people think a camera steals their soul. It is unnatural to see yourself from the outside.

I can understand why those primitive desert people think a camera steals their soul. It is unnatural to see yourself from the outside.
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I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy appetite for life and maybe, yes, you are less measured in your behaviour than you would otherwise be.
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You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.

You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.
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Anyway, what makes people look youthful is the quality of their skin and I don't think you can change that.

Anyway, what makes people look youthful is the quality of their skin and I don't think you can change that.
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I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful.

I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful.
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On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child.

On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child.
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Good olive oil, good butter, milk - they give food taste and depth and a richness that you cant reproduce with low-fat ingredients.

Good olive oil, good butter, milk - they give food taste and depth and a richness that you cant reproduce with low-fat ingredients.
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I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.

I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.
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I put the kitch into kitchen.
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There is a vast difference between how things seem from the outside and how they feel on the inside.

There is a vast difference between how things seem from the outside and how they feel on the inside.
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I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do.

I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do.
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I know the crew so well, so I forget I'm being filmed. It's like cooking with a friend in the kitchen - you're talking, as you do, and maybe you're telling her about this wonderful way to prepare lamb chops - it's more natural, more honest.
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