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“You’re not going to be a 1.000 hitter all the time. You’re going to be more wrong than right. You just have to correct your errors as quickly, as economically, as possible.”

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Les Wexner

Les Wexner is an American businessman renowned for his role as the founder and CEO of Limited Brands, Inc., a retail conglomerate that includes popular brands such as Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works. Born on September 8, 1937, Wexner has been a key figure in the retail and fashion sectors for more than five decades. more

“I was intent on doing something productive and on being everything my parents taught me to be. Their values were clear: do good work; don't ever get too big for your breeches; always be an authentic person; don't worry too much about being famous and rich because that doesn't amount to too much.”

Persons Bigs Values Parent Worry Rich Clear Too Much Taught Amount Productive Good Work Being Famous

Author:Ruth Simmons

“Agency has become a catch word. In a way, this intoxication with ‘agency’ is the product of liberal individualism. The ability of individuals to fashion themselves, to change their live, is given ideological priority over the relation within which they themselves are actually formed, situated, and sustained.”

“The Genealogical Science is a wonderful account of how old-fashioned race science has come to be re-defined by resort to the most recent developments in genetics. But this book is not simply another story of the ideological uses to which science may be put. Nadia Abu El-Haj has provided the reader with a very detailed analysis of the historical entanglement between science and politics. Her study should be required reading for anyone interested in the sociology of science-and also for those dealing with Middle Eastern nationalisms. This is a work of outstanding value for scholarship.”

“Why is it that aggression in the name of God shocks secular liberal sensibilities, whereas the act of killing in the name of the secular nation, or of democracy, does not?”

Doe Names Nations Democracy Killing Shock Aggression Secular Sensibility

Book:Is Critique Secular?: Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech

Source: Is Critique Secular?: Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech

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