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You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got...

Quotes by Emeril Lagasse

There's the way that light shows in darkness, and it is extremely beautiful. And I think it essentializes the experience of being human, to see light in darkness.

Quotes by Emil Ferris

Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written.

Quotes by Elvis Costello

I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience.

Quotes by Elvis Costello

I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experience that's not normally exhibited in documentaries, or is so much about black people as victims in this country, and black people not...

Quotes by Elvis Mitchell

Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later, that person will have a stab at writing something about the Holocaust.

Quotes by Elliot Perlman

The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments.

Quotes by Elliot Richardson

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.

Quotes by Elliott Smith

There is an increasing demand that the president and Secretary Hull get rid of the unteachable group in the State Department of men who have not learned, after ten years of experience, that appeasement has never worked anywhere, at any...

Quotes by Elmer Davis

Writing screenplays is not my business. I've written half a dozen, and maybe half of those were made. But it was never a satisfying experience. It was just work. You're an employee. You would be told what to do. Studio...

Quotes by Elmore Leonard

The thing that I would say you get the most hate about on social media, in my experience, is if you tweet anything about women's rights or feminism. It blows my mind. But it's the thought of not being a...

Quotes by Ellen Page

I've reread 'The Secret Garden' every year as an adult. I have a battered copy on my bookshelf - it's really quite a mess! The experience of reading the novel keeps deepening for me.

Quotes by Ellen Potter

Some people hit a profession and just keep going deeper into it, making a life and making it more and more stable. That's not been my experience. I always want to try something new.

Quotes by Ellen Ullman

I tried to render the Afghan war as much as I could fro the perspective of the Afghans. I have served as an advisor to Afghan troops, and much of my war experience was seen through the lens of fighting...

Quotes by Elliot Ackerman

Characters in TV and theatre tend to experience a lot of conflict, so I push myself through sport to physical and emotional levels that hurt so I've some other reference for extreme experience that isn't me shouting at my girlfriend...

Quotes by Elliot Cowan

No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book.

Quotes by Ellen Glasgow

Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.

Quotes by Ellen Goodman

We owned what we learned back there; the experience and the growth are grafted into our lives.

Quotes by Ellen Goodman

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.

Quotes by Ellen Key

When the crying child is immediately isolated, and it is explained to him at the same time that whoever annoys others must not be with them, if this isolation is the absolute result and cannot be avoided, in the child's...

Quotes by Ellen Key

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "Experience" quotes reflect on?
A range of personal reflections - using music constantly for company or isolation, thoughts on early comedy writing, an observation about wealth and poverty coexisting in Mexico, and how youthful confidence can become weighed down over time.
Is there a quote about music as a daily experience?
Yes, one quote describes having music "in my ears all the time," whether for company, isolation, or just to make it pleasurable, though the speaker admits to not paying too much attention to it since they tend to listen to the same things. For more on that idea, see the Experiencing page.
Is there a quote about confidence changing over time?
Yes, one quote describes a "robust confidence" from the teenage years that became constricted and weighed down by sensory experience by the speaker's mid-20s. Browse the Journey page for more on personal growth over time.
Is there a quote about wealth and poverty based on firsthand experience?
Yes, one quote observes that in Mexico, "wealth and poverty live next to each other and are cordial with each other," based directly on the speaker's own experience. For more first-hand reflections, see the Experienced page.
Is there anything here about early career or creative influences?
Yes, one quote reflects on what the speaker's material might have looked like if they'd started earlier, mentioning 'Damsels in Distress' as an example of the kind of comedy they were writing around that time. For more on accumulated experiences shaping a career, check out the Experiences page.

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