Opportunity (Edison)

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." attributed to Thomas Edison, some question as to whether he said it.

Collards & Kale Cookbook

Lincoln on resolution

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing."

Suspended above the sea

I dashed passed him, feet glancing across the sun-scorched sand, sloping toward the sea. Knowing this would be the last summer day before classes started, I took the leap. Suspended for a moment in time above the briny water, hanging between my carefree college days and the mysterious adult life that awaited.

rice

2 cups dry leaves a lot of leftover. 1 or 1.5 probably better unless plans to use a good bunch.

Live life of choosing

Live a life of choosing, not one that is chosen for us.

(I've heard something along these lines for sure but the wording above is my own).

Cooked notes

"In ancient Greece, the word for cook, buther and priest was the same--mageiros--and the word shared a root w "magic". p. 4