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University of Washington was the best, but University of Washington was in Seattle and Seattle had a reputation for rain.
All Saints isn’t that different.”
Damn, and I thought our All Saints was bad!
“I’m Elizabeth Zott,” she said calmly, withdrawing a freshly sharpened fourteen-inch chef’s knife. But she wasn’t sure he’d heard. He’d fainted dead away.
MAY YOU NEVER RECOVER, he wrote in huge letters across the middle. Then he stuffed the card in an enormous envelope, put it in the out basket, and made a solemn promise. Things had to change. He would start with himself.
Harriet believes if you blow on dice, you’ll get better numbers at Yahtzee.”
“Correct me if I’m wrong, Sheila,” one of the women was asking, “but didn’t she say cast iron requires zero-point-one-one calories of heat to raise the temperature of a single gram of atomic mass by one degree Celsius?” “That’s right, Elaine,” the other said. “That’s why I’m buying a new skillet.”
“But you realize,” she said carefully, as if not to embarrass him further, “that faith isn’t based on religion. Right?”
“Whenever you start doubting yourself,” she said, turning back to the audience, “whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change—and change is what we’re chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself back. No more subscribing to others’ opinions of what you can and cannot achieve. And no more allowing anyone to pigeonhole you into useless categories of sex, race, economic status, and religion. Do not allow your talents to lie dormant, ladies. Design your own future. When you go home today, ask yourself what you will
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“This concludes your introduction to chemistry,” she announced. “Class dismissed.”
