Challenges Quote by Thomas Keller

“This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.”

Thomas Keller

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Challenges Everyday Everyday routine Gratification Habits Mundane Passion Routine

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