Quotes by Algerian authors
You really have to be a good entertainer, or the show won't work. For me, it was all about having fun with the audience, which meant that I could usually forget that the camera was there. It was kind of like being in the classroom.
Jacques Torres
Pastry chef
At the end of your career, what you will keep in your head is the memory of winning trophies - Premier League, Champions League. Those are the only things you remember.
Riyad Mahrez
Football player
I come from a family of craftsmen. We like to make things with our hands. Better than the pleasure of making money is the pleasure of making the product and saying, 'Wow. I did that.' I couldn't see myself doing anything other than making good things to eat.
Jacques Torres
Pastry chef
When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.
Lakhdar Brahimi
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria
The picture of me as a child is that I was always with a ball - that's why I was so skinny: I would miss dinner. Mum would have to leave me some food in the microwave.
Riyad Mahrez
Football player
For every footballer, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or is a dream.
Riyad Mahrez
Football player
I like music that is upbeat, such as Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Or anything disco - I will listen to that, too.
Jacques Torres
Pastry chef
If you buy chocolate with too high of a cocoa content, you might not like it because it doesn't have enough sugar.
Jacques Torres
Pastry chef
When you're in an academy, every day you're in at 9 A.M., and it's, 'Do this, do that,' but we just came with our football.
Riyad Mahrez
Football player
I work on my recoveries, coming back into the defensive line and things like that.
Riyad Mahrez
Football player
There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
Lakhdar Brahimi
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria
Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
Lakhdar Brahimi
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria
I never listened to people who said I wasn't going to make it.
Riyad Mahrez
Football player
It drove me crazy, Scotland. It was cold. It was abuse. It was snowing and everything. I was so cold that one day I faked an injury to go to the locker room.
Riyad Mahrez
Football player
The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.
Lakhdar Brahimi
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria
People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.
Lakhdar Brahimi
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria
When I play at home, I feel like I'm flying.
Riyad Mahrez
Football player
I have to accept constructive criticism.
Riyad Mahrez
Football player
You can watch Chanel fashion shows and watch the news. Fortunately you don't have to choose. I always vote, I go to rallies, but I also go to fashion shows.
Maiwenn
Algerian actress
More and more research shows that chocolate is good for you. It's a mood elevator. It contains a lot of antioxidants and will keep us younger. It's good for your heart and acts like aspirin. It keeps your cholesterol low.
Jacques Torres
Pastry chef
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