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"First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef."
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"Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful."

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"Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general."
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