#disco

When I was 13, I entered the seminary in the hope of becoming a priest. But I often found myself helping the nuns in the kitchen and thus discovered my passion for cooking. I began to cultivate my skills and aspirations at the age of 15, when I embarked on my first apprenticeship. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#apprenticeship #aspirations #becoming #began #cooking

Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location. ↗

— Richard Roeper

#because #been #chicago #early #filmmaker

Academics often discount the value of top-rated sports programs in helping to develop a campus life and in contributing to the overall success of a college or university. Like it or not, the sports programs a college or university has are the front page of that university. ↗

— James E. Rogers

#campus #college #contributing #develop #discount

One of my earliest memories... I knew three full verses of the Star Spangled Banner when I was seven or eight years old. And one of the nuns discovered this phenomenon and I was actually sent around from classroom to classroom to do the whole thing. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#around #banner #classroom #discovered #earliest

Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight. Try not to do anything other than write between those times. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#am #anything #best #between #day

On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#discovered #features #i #nothing #passage

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#always #coming #discouraged #ever #feel

Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#delays #discouraging #granting #investment #investors

There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged. ↗

— Sean Penn

#being ignored #celebrated #discouraged #ignored #lot

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people. ↗

— Tom Peters

#customers #discovered #employees #formula #guests