#ere

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball. ↗

— Michael Chang

#basketball #bit #little #little bit #lot

World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany who were throwing bombs at us. ↗

— Graham Chapman

#did #everyone #germany #happen #happened

I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. ↗

— Lord Byron

#arises #consistency #except #i #indifference

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#down #facts #kind #loose #more

I have a showroom where we experiment with twelve cakes. We develop sketches and ideas for cakes for the next season. We work with the top fashion designers to see what type of lace they are using or work with the top florist for us to be able to make various sugar roses or flowers. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#cakes #designers #develop #experiment #fashion

Pastry is different from cooking because you have to consider the chemistry, beauty and flavor. It's not just sugar and eggs thrown together. I tell my pastry chefs to be in tune for all of this. You have to be challenged by using secret or unusual ingredients. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#because #challenged #chefs #chemistry #consider

Unfortunately, we are not painters and authors, where we can do something in isolation. We require a lot of money to create what we create. It's almost like being an architect: You can't be an architect and build whatever buildings you want to. ↗

— Jon Favreau

#architect #authors #being #build #buildings

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#answered #best #creeds #dark #fears

My parents were so relaxed by the time I was growing up that I got away with a lot more. ↗

— Rose Byrne

#by the time #got #growing #growing up #i

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering. ↗

— Rose Byrne

#because #career #control #else #empowering