“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein
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The Panama Hotel and its tearoom – A Panama hotel és teázója
“Old Henry Lee stood transfixed by all the commotion at the Panama Hotel. What had started as a crowd of curious onlookers eyeballing a television news crew had now swollen into a polite mob of shoppers, tourists, and a few punk-looking street kids, all wondering what the big deal was.
Thought on love – Gondolat a szeretetről
“Smart man does not love because it is advantageous, but because love is, in itself, happiness.” — Blaise Pascal
Thought on small steps – Gondolat a kis lépésekről
Prayer by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: Lord, teach me the art of small steps! I do not ask for miracles or visions, but I ask for strength for everyday life.
Thought on objects in homes – Gondolat otthonunk tárgyairól
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” — William Morris
Thought on time – Gondolat az időről
“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” — Harwey Mackay
Thought on how to live – Gondolat arról, hogyan éljünk
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
Snowdrop – Hóvirág
“Snowdrops: Theirs is the fragile but hardy celebration … in the very teeth of winter.” – Louise Wilder
Thought on self-confidence – Gondolat az önbizalomról
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” — Marie Curie
Thought on winter – Gondolat a télről
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus
Thought on the beauty of math – A matamatika szépségéről
“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show.” — Bertrand Russell
Cookbook: A modern way to eat – Szakácskönyv: Modern étkezés
Her name is Anna Jones. She is a young cook, a freelance food stylist, a writer, living in London. They call her Great Britain’s “new Nigella,” referring to the popular British cook, Nigella Lawson.