"I wrote a mad, passionate letter to the best restaurant in the UK, Le Gavroche in London, and asked if I could work for them. They gave me a job as a dishwasher (Colin laughs). For me that was a joy because I had a foot in the door of this world class restaurant. Just being around the buzz and the pots and pans and the wonderful food and all this produce that was coming in, that was the start of Paul Rankin the chef."

-- Paul Rankin

#Jobs Quotes #Feet Quotes #Doors Quotes

“Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race”
“The door available to everyone that can lead to happiness & success is the modest door of the public library. I found it to be so in my own life and work.”
“There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.”

Source : Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1941). “Adventures of a White-Collar Man”
“I feel that very frequently prayer is made a refuge to dodge the action of faith.”
“I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.”
“We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are a part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity. This idea helps the mind of the child to become fixed, to stop wandering in an aimless quest for knowledge. He is satisfied, having found the universal centre of himself with all things.”

Source : Maria Montessori (2015). “To Educate the Human Potential”, p.6, Ravenio Books
“Losing is like smoking. It's habit formingâ€; â€œFear is the basis of all mankind. In cards, you psyche 'em out, you shark 'em, you put the fear of God in 'em”
“What the hell did we do to deserve this?”

Source : "BP’s Slick Greenwashing" by James Ridgeway, www.motherjones.com. May 4, 2010.

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