"The current memoir craze has fostered the belief that confession is therapeutic, that therapy is redemptive and that redemption equals art, and it has encouraged the delusion that candor, daring and shamelessness are substitutes for craft, that the exposed life is the same thing as an examined one."

-- Michiko Kakutani

#Art Quotes #Redemption Quotes #Crafts Quotes

“A man to whom a woman cannot look up, she cannot love. Yet, it is marvelous how a woman contrives to find something to look up to in a man.”

Source : Arnold Haultain (2015). “Hints for Lovers: "The Secret Nature and Psychology of Love"”, p.18, eKitap Projesi
“The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part of the Obama administration's economic recovery strategy for the nation.”
“A Mormon is a man that has the bad taste and the religion to do what a good many other people are restrained from doing by conscientious scruples and the police.”
“People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I.”
“Not an easy story but an important one. Compelling, powerful and engaging.”
“To me, this goes beyond disappointing. It shows that we are failing to gain ground on the very conditions we need to reverse to improve our graduation rates and produce more students who are ready for college and the workforce.”
“Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.”

Source : "How metals and a ruthless streak put Russian patriot at top of the rich list". Interview With Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2007.
“She who dwells with me whom I have loved with such communion, that no place on earth can ever be solitude to me.”

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