Famous quotes containing the words defeat, iron and/or chef:
“Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat ... the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (18961940)
“Industrial mana sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder why this should be the golden age of revolution and mental derangement.”
—Aldous Huxley (18941963)
“The trick, which requires the combined skills of a tightrope walker and a cordon bleu chef frying a plain egg, is to take your [preteen] daughter seriously without taking everything she says and does every minute seriously.”
—Stella Chess (20th century)
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