Down South, even our vegetables have some pig hidden somewhere in it. A vegetable isn't a vegetable without a little ham hock. Paula Deen More Quotes by Paula Deen More Quotes From Paula Deen I know I can cook, but the place where I cook... it's a mess! I'm very disorganized. Paula Deen disorganized mess cooks Everyday you wake up on the right side of the dirt is a good one. Paula Deen dirt wake-up everyday I is what I is, and I'm not changing. Paula Deen Chicken breast is the driest, [most] tasteless part of the chicken as far as I'm concerned. Paula Deen breasts concerned chickens You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills. Paula Deen wine worry kids Don't ever give up. You can't let discouragement get you down. You can always find negative people that will try to discourage you from your goals. You can't be discouraged, and you can't let the word "no" stop you. Paula Deen giving-up goal people If there's anyone out there that has never said something that they wish they could take back -- if you're out there, please pick up that stone and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me. Please. I want to meet you...I is what I is, and I'm not changing. Paula Deen stones wish want Of course, I will continue to share my favorite Southern recipes, just like my mama, grandmother and family shared with me over the years. And now, I'll be adding a little bit of a lighter touch to some of these wonderful dishes. Paula Deen grandmother southern years I've got two vices: cigarettes and taters. Paula Deen cigarette vices two I really didn't have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didn't take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook. Paula Deen kitchen house long Working with family is probably one of the hardest things in business, but it can also be one of the most rewarding. You have to be very, very careful that you don't overstep the boundaries that you wouldn't with anyone else. Sometimes, we think that the unconditional love they have for us makes overstepping boundaries alright. It's really not. You have to work harder to not damage the family dynamic. That lasts forever. Paula Deen unconditional-love hard-work thinking I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny. Paula Deen hater laughing funny I wake up every morning happy for where I am in life. It's not all about the cooking, but the fact that I can contribute by using my influence to help people all over the country. In the last two years, my partners and I have fed more than 10 million hungry people by bringing meat to food banks. Paula Deen morning country years I am so blessed. I've been way over-blessed. At 64 years old, I look forward to going to bed every night so I can wake up in the morning and see what blessing is going to come my way that day. Because you never, ever know what God's got in store for you. Paula Deen blessed blessing morning You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken. Paula Deen lettuce chickens want You can't make stuffing with sweet cornbread. Paula Deen cornbread sweet It’s just what they are — they’re jokes…most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks…I can’t determine what offends another person. Paula Deen redneck black people There's nothing better than being able to give your children wings so they can soar and fly in the direction they want to go in. Paula Deen wings giving children I'm more spiritual than I am religious. I don't go to church; I go to the beach. Paula Deen religious spiritual beach Cooking has always brought me a happiness that I didn't think was available. I just fire up the stove, and things start to fade away. Paula Deen cooking fire thinking
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