"The cheese and wine party has the form of friendship without the warmth and devotion. It is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en mass, or for making overtures towards more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring."

-- Brooks Atkinson

#Party Quotes #Wine Quotes #Serious Quotes

“If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.”
“The wise are wise only because they love.”
“Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.”
“I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.”

Source : "Jamaica Kincaid on writing and 'outlaw American' culture". Interview with Nathan Rostron, www.usatoday.com. March 7, 2013.
“Most of us forget the basics and wonder why the specifics don't work.”
“I'm really looking forward to getting back and winning some matches but I'm not thinking about the U.S. Open yet, just getting through my first match.”
“Activists need to get the facts right. One of the big assets we have on our side is the truth, and we lose credibility and power if w e're loose with that.”
“The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize and glean insights that enable him or her to â€œmake the invisible visible”

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