Source : "Gerard Mortier obituary" by Barry Millington, www.theguardian.com. March 14, 2014.
#Effort Quotes
“Numbers have life; they’re not just symbols on paper.”
“You can't find the answers on the bottom of a whiskey glass, but if you look hard enough you'll forget the questions.”
“The thing that excites me, and the thing that excited me about Twitter, is the idea of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight.”
“Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.”
“Rumination tends to be eased if we learn to be mindful; if we are able to be aware of, and understand how our own thoughts work.”
“One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food”
“You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.”
“You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.”
Source : Interview in "Hedda Hoppers Hollywood", 1945.
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