Are two people drinking from the same bottle of wine having a common experience?

The critic is actually describing a conscious representation of their interaction with the wine, and therefore the score of rating is a property of that interaction and not the wine itself

Without setbacks and mistakes, no experience. Without experience, no learning. And without learning, you’ll never truly understand the awakening of your heart’s desires.

The word well spoken, the deed fitly done, even by the feeblest or humblest, cannot help but have their effect. More or less, the effect is inevitable and eternal.

Hell, when I was growing up, I could make a meal out of a package of Top Ramen and a bottle of Windex.

Please understand what the IRS scandal is about: Using the government to shut down opponents

The cat which isn't let out of the bag often becomes a skeleton in the cupboard.

No success or achievement in material terms is worthwhile unless it serves the needs or interests of the country and its people and is achieved by fair and honest means.

The poppies hung Dew-dabbled on their stalks.

No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.

I think Blank Generation holds up pretty well. You listen to that with headphones and there's a lot going on there with the guitars- it's the product of a lot of fighting.

As long as I have enough money for makeup artists, everything is okay. I feel young and very free. But one day, my face will be too old for the camera.