#isi

They have been deprived nutritionally, or some illness has not been picked up, or they have not been screened for vision or hearing defects, or they have not had some kind of a chronic illness or error of metabolism picked up. ↗

— C. Everett Koop

#chronic #defects #deprived #error #had

The cooking was invigorating, joyous. For Julia, the cooking fulfilled the promises that Le Cordon Bleu had made but never kept. Where Le Cordon Bleu always remained rooted in the dogma of French cuisine, Julia strove to infuse its rigors with new possibilities and pleasures. It must have felt liberating for her to deconstruct Carême and Escoffier, respecting the traditions and technique while correcting the oversight. “To her,” as a noted food writer indicated, “French culinary tradition was a frontier, not a religion.” If a legendary recipe could be improved upon, then let the gods beware. ↗

— Bob Spitz

#cuisine #julia-child #recipes #food

Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#any #better #characteristic #decision #decisiveness

If the same phrase in the same place created the right effect, I was perfectly prepared to use it every time. I wasn't worried that I wasn't improvising. ↗

— Alexis Korner

#effect #every #every time #i #improvising

I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post. ↗

— Tony Kornheiser

#gigs #got #i #now #post

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision. ↗

— David Korten

#few #integrity #politicians #us #very

It will take some time before a politician will capture the imagination of the American people and have the vision and understanding to do what is necessary for a better future for the people of America and the world. ↗

— David Korten

#american #american people #before #better #better future

The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or even real lack of democracy. ↗

— David Korten

#brussels #citizens #decision #democracy #eu

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change. ↗

— David Korten

#current #need #politicians #see #sign

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per day. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#certain #day #half #half hours #hours