"I don't do my mother's cooking. Because I am a professional and she isn't. Even if she is a better cook."

-- Ferran Adria

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“For most of us, the classic test of willpower is resisting temptation, whether the temptress is a doughnut, a cigarette, a clearance sale, or a one-night stand. When people say, "I have no willpower," what they usually mean is, "I have trouble saying no when my mouth, stomach, heart, or (fill in your anatomical part) wants to say yes.”

Source : Kelly McGonigal (2011). “The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It”, p.14, Penguin
“But high up on the mountain When the wind is hitting it If you're watching very closely The rock slips a little bit...”
“Porsche....there is no substitute”
“A person who is driven to spend their time and energy doing something must believe in it, whether they want recognition for it, money from it, or if it's a cathartic experience to do it, whatever their motivation that is valid for them. That's the artist's motivator.”
“They lay silently. She was staring at something across the room. She was making him feel uncomfortable. 'It wouldn't work. It's the attraction of opposites,' he said. We're not opposites.' I don't mean just you and me. Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave.”
“Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro.”
“Ubiquity is the new exclusivity.”

Source : "Advertising itself is not evil, but it has certainly got out of control" by Jon Alexander, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2011.
“I like a challenge. I always have.”

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