#fin

'Showgirls' was a critical point in my life. I had my head handed to me. At 21 years old, I had to find my self-esteem again. It was a very hard time. ↗

— Elizabeth Berkley

#critical #find #had #handed #hard

When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment? ↗

— Muriel Barbery

#ceremony #infinity #ritual #tea #beauty

Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#developments #economic #effects #felt #financial

The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#economic #economic recovery #financial #financial system #get

Well, the U.S., of course, is the world's largest economy. It's about a quarter of the world's output. It's also home to many of the largest financial institutions and financial markets. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#also #course #economy #financial #financial markets

If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do. ↗

— Halle Berry

#different #embracing #finding #hard #i

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love. ↗

— George Best

#buy #certainly #definitely #i #love

There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#beauty

I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too. ↗

— Nuno Bettencourt

#also #definitely #get #i #influences

Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#anything #buy #com #consumers #destination