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“...anyone who willingly turns their life upside down by becoming a cook is totally insane to begin with. So many chefs that I have met are dyslexic and totally not school people or intellectuals. That could be symbolic of the kind of lifestyle that they choose to live. They all drink a lot, do a lot of drugs, drink a shitload of coffee and espresso. They don’t sleep much, and obviously don’t have much of a life outside the kitchen. A cook’s friend is a cook, there isn’t much time for a non-cook friend or girlfriend. And time really isn’t the issue so much as it’s a lifestyle and a culture that is very hard to understand or identify with unless you are on the inside. Cooks hang out with cooks because there is nobody else awake, hungry and totally wired at 2am on a Tuesday.”
― 29 Jobs and a Million Lies
― 29 Jobs and a Million Lies
“Satisfaction. Now there’s a loaded word.”
― 29 Jobs and a Million Lies
― 29 Jobs and a Million Lies
“My mantra, like most, was that if it didn’t kill you, it only made you stronger. Later on in life, after being beat down by the experiences following you’ll read about, I’ve changed the mantra to, if it doesn’t kill you now, it will later.”
― 29 Jobs and a Million Lies
― 29 Jobs and a Million Lies
“St. Triduana devoted herself to God in a solitary life at Rescobie in Angus (now Forfarshire). While dwelling there, a prince of the country having conceived an unlawful passion for her is said to have pursued her with his unwelcome attentions. To rid herself of his importunities, as a legend relates, Triduana bravely plucked out her beautiful eyes, her chief attraction, and sent them to her admirer. Her heroism, it is said, procured for her the power of curing diseases of the eyes.”
― A Calendar of Scottish Saints
― A Calendar of Scottish Saints
“One of the most important functions of monasteries was as schools. Monastic schools were well attended (mostly by boys). Some of the students were treated as foster children by the monks, living in the care of another family until they were ready to return to their homes and adult responsibilities. Many noble warrior fathers seem to have thought that their sons would be safer in a monastery than at home. Students had to find and prepare food for the monks and help out with the business of running the monastery. But most of their time was spent studying and working.”
― 101 Things You Didn't Know About Irish History: The People, Places, Culture, and Tradition of the Emerald Isle
― 101 Things You Didn't Know About Irish History: The People, Places, Culture, and Tradition of the Emerald Isle
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