“My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.” RealJobsStuffParentRoomsCareersAmountPaidTennisDishesCleaningReal JobsSmall Amounts Author:Caroline Wozniacki
“Several times a day, stop and just listen. Open your hearing 360 degrees, as if your ears were giant radar dishes. Listen to the obvious sounds, and the subtle soundsin your body, in the room, in the building, and outside. Listen as if you had just landed from a foreign planet and didnt know what was making these sounds. See if you can hear all sounds as music being played just for you. Even in what is called silence there is sound. To hear such subtle sound, the mind must be very quiet.” IfsKnowsMindBodySoundRoomsSilenceBuildingPlanetsListeningQuietDegreesMusic IsEarsObviousHearingYour BodyGiantsSubtleDishesJust ListenRadarBeing Played Author:Jan Chozen Bays
“When you grow up with a mother who has to wash dishes and clean hotel rooms, you know the importance of having a job, and you cant be without a job for any length of time, or you will be without anything.” KnowsJobsMotherGrowsRoomsGrowing UpImportanceCleanHotelLengthDishesCantHotel Rooms Author:Edward P. Jones
“The house was immaculate, as always, not a stray hair anywhere, not a flake of dandruff or a crumpled towel. Even the roses on the dining-room table held their breath. A kind of airless cleanliness that always made me want to sneeze.” WantKindMadeHouseRoomsHairBreathsTablesRoseDishesCleanlinessDiningTowelsFlakesImmaculateDining Rooms Book:Vintage Cisneros Source: Vintage Cisneros
“Slaves were taught to be fine chefs, but they endangered their lives if they made a mistake or served an ill-prepared dish. Rather than being reprimanded, they were often hauled into the dining room and flogged in the presence of the guests.” IfsMadeRoomsMistakeFoodTaughtFineSlavePreparedIllGuestsDishesChefMade A MistakeDiningDining Rooms Author:Jeff Smith