Quotes About Discovery

Little by little, when I was doing auditions in New York, I discovered I was good. People there were enthusiastic.

When I was in my 20s, I started frequenting record stores, and there was one in particular called Tropicalia in Furs in New York City. It's closed now, but it was one of those magical places where you would walk in, and the owner would start playing you records and not let you leave. It was such an education.

Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.

I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.

As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What do they need, what do they expect, what would they like to be the image and the performance of the New York Philharmonic?

I was watching TV and saw the 'Emeril' show, and it spoke to me. I went out and started researching the culinary world and chefs that I knew nothing about. Then I moved to New York and went to culinary school, and everything just fit like a glove. It's been on ever since.

It's amazing: I am a New Yorker. It's strange; I never thought I would be.

I can't help thinking that if the American West were discovered today, the most glorious bits would be sold off to the highest bidder. Yosemite might be nothing but weekend homes for Internet tycoons.

A perfect day would be to get into the car, drive out to Yosemite and go camping.

Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.

If you never try, you'll never know what you are capable of.

Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.

If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.

If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.

I want people to throw on a hat, head out into the outback and see the real Australia. You can do it how you want - independently in a 4WD, camping under the stars, or being treated like a king in a luxury homestead or on a cruise.

At first, people were like, 'I've discovered something - you guys are married!' I was like, 'Yeah, that's not a secret. We've been married now already for many years.'

I mean, being a stuntwoman never occurred to me until I gave up gymnastics and started doing martial arts and met people that were stunt people. I was like, 'What? Wait. You get to fight and flip and get paid?' I was like, 'Mum, dad, check this out - I could do this stuff and get paid instead of having you guys pay for me to do it.'

You guys might not know who Yves Edwards is, if you don't, shame on you, go do some research.

When you're young, you don't know what you don't know, so it's easier to get into that magical thing.

When I was young, I loved gymnastics, but I discovered when I was 15 that I wanted a teenage life.