

“To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.”
― Particular Passions: Talks With Women Who Have Shaped Our Times
― Particular Passions: Talks With Women Who Have Shaped Our Times

“The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.”
― My Life in France
― My Life in France

“I learned that if you work hard and creatively, you can have just about anything you want, but not everything you want. Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work

“The most valuable habit I’ve acquired is using pain to trigger quality reflections. If you can acquire this habit yourself, you will learn what causes your pain and what you can do about it, and it will have an enormous impact on your effectiveness.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work
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