"The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.' Precisely the ultimate and most sublime values have retreated from public life either into the transcendental realm of mystic life or into the brotherliness of direct and personal human relations. It is not accidental that our greatest art is intimate and not monumental."

-- Max Weber

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“I design for the woman who loves being a woman.”
“Meditation is a tool to shake yourself awake. A way to discover what you love. A practice to return yourself to your body when the mind medleys threaten to usurp your sanity.”

Source : Geneen Roth (2011). “Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything”, p.101, Simon and Schuster
“The Iranian regime doesn't express the wishes and values of the Iranian people.”

Source : "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Interview with Farnoush Ram, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.
“This one guy's wife is such a pretty brown thing, that I'm liable to give her a poke or two. Whaddaya think of that?”
“The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.”

Source : F. L. Lucas (2012). “Style: The Art of Writing Well”, p.17, Harriman House Limited
“I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have anyone as my two a.m.”
“The art of investing is not about figuring out what has already happened. Itâ€™s about anticipating the futureand creating the future that others will read about in The Wall Street Journal.”
“I mean . . . who was it that said if the door is locked, find a window. If the windows locked, well . . . break it. If it won't break then find a freaking sledgehammer and make a new one.”

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