"I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up."

-- Anita Diament

#Nannies Quotes #Grew Quotes #Mary Quotes

“I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.”

Source : " Amid gloss and glitter, Ducasse and his students cook up tasty revelations" by Randall H. Harber, www.cnn.com. June 30, 2000.
“There is one grace you cannot counterfeit . . . the grace of perseverance.”
“A book is a human-powered film projector (complete with feature film) that advances at a speed fully customized to the viewer's mood or fancy. This rare harmony between object and user arises from the minimal skills required to manipulate a bound sequence of pages. Each piece of paper embodies a corresponding instant of time which remains frozen until liberated by the act of turning a page.”
“I know why we lost the Civil War. We must have had the same officials.”
“If I did that, playing golf would drive me crazy.”
“If we ask enough questions about a difficult assignment, we can get the teacher to make it easier and less demanding.”
“The tango is a very interior dance. It's not an exterior - it's not flashy and all over the floor. It's a very interior dance when you see the old guys dance in the clubs. I learned everything from the old guys in the clubs.”

Source : "If You Hire Robert Duvall Not to Flinch, He Damn Well Won't Flinch". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. May 16, 2014.
“Painters were also attorneys, happy storytellers of anecdote, psychologists, botanists, zoologists, archaeologists, engineers, but there were no creative painters.”

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