"Everything is deeply intertwingled."

-- Ted Nelson

“Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment itself.”
“Maybe I'll try to be more patient with morons.”
“I love to take something ordinary and make it really special.”
“Performances have a bit of a life and a time scale to themselves.”
“happy people have got something to give to the world.”

Source : Patricia Wentworth (1953). “Vanishing point”
“Basically, I got into stand-up because I'm too egocentric to be an actor and not disciplined enough to be a writer.”
“In normal life, 'simplicity' is synonymous with 'easy to do,' but when a chef uses the word, it means 'takes a lifetime to learn.'”

Source : Bill Buford (2013). “Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-maker and Apprentice to a Butcher in Tuscany”, p.100, Random House
“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

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