"The central premise of this book is that the Western psychological notion of what it means to have a self is flawed."

-- Mark Epstein

#Book Quotes #Mean Quotes #Self Quotes

“A greater awareness in architects and planners of their real value to society could, at the present, result in that rare occurrence, namely, the improvement of the quality of life as a result of architectural endeavour.”
“Great investors need to have the right combination of intuition, business sense and investment talent.”
“Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian.”
“I've often heard academics disparage non-academic writing in terms that suggest it could be a negative in the tenure process, irrespective of the quality of academic work under review.”
“No unborn baby has ever had the right to choose or deny its own destruction.”
“My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.”
“It's just an old alley cat that has followed us all the way home. It hasn't a star on its forehead, or a silky satiny coat. No proud tiger stripes, no dainty tread, no elegant velvet throat. It's a splotchy, blotchy city cat, not a pretty cat, a rough little bag of old bones. 'Beauty,' we shall call you. 'Beauty' come in.”
“I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent.”

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