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I refuse to be silent any longer. I refuse to be party to an illegal and immoral war against people who did nothing to deserve ...
Dana followed a specific structure: Set the stage. Gather data. Generate insights. Decide what to do. Close the retrospective.
It is much easier and cheaper to follow a vegan diet than it is to perform due diligence on a diet that includes meat, milk, ...
You kissed me.' I tear my eyes away from the mirror to face her. We are close, so close standing here. My lungs might be ...
Raeder, the political admiral, stealthily built up the German Navy in defiance of the Versailles Treaty, and then put it to use in a series ...
I came on the intro with 'The Rapture.' If you know what the rapture is, it's the coming of Jesus, and I had to take ...
But you can't very well lug an encyclopedia around hotels. Fortunately, I did have my flask.
Each mind is pressed, and open every ear, to hear new tidings, though they no way joy us.
At the heart of my argument is the view that religious faith, far from being inevitably on the side of the status quo, should on ...
You can change environments, but until you change yourself, nothing else will ever change.
Cat lovers can readily be identified. Their clothes always look old and well used. Their sheets look like bath towels, and their bath towels look ...
He has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever knocked anybody out with a poem.
As a physician, David had private recognition, but he craved public approval. Mrs. Roosevelt had public recognition, but she craved intimacy. Each satisfied the other's ...
I adore [photography's] uneasy mix of fact and fiction - its dubious claim to truth - its status as history.
We support President Truman's civil rights program.
Half the time I read Hayek's The Sensory Order with amazement at the extent of his reading and comprehension . he is right . most ...
We all need a story. It just turns out that the story we have been told for years - that people are naturally and primarily ...
I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs ...
It was an unusual environment. We're used to having the jotter arena at this time of year. It's unfortunate that it was that way, but ...
Cakes are like books: There are new ones you want to read and old favorites you want to reread.
Last time I spoke to my mom she called me from a pay phone, and we didn't have the best talk. Ever since my stepdad ...
I have so much, yet my feeling for her devours it all. I have so much, yet without her all of it is nothing.
There's the kind of camaraderie that comes from leaning on someone in battle, and it's powerful. It's not too hard to trust someone to want ...
The older I get, the more I like the idea of utilitarianism. I think that I'm not a trend-driven person. I really believe in keeping ...
We can be, and should be, the masters of events, and not their playthings.
I wanted to get to the wild place - to see a fish that counted as part of the natural world.
By the time we reach adulthood we are so full of conventional wisdom, preconceived notions, and filters and limitations of various kinds that we don't ...
As a poet Maria Terrone lives, like the rest of us, in a world of questions marks-but what shines through them is the fierce light ...
Homosexual,' generally used in scientific works is of course a bastard word. 'Homogenic' has been suggested, as being from two roots, both Greek, i.e., 'homos,' ...
Often come to our cabin in the evening to get additional help with their lessons.
Your nakedness is the work of God the Creator. Let men admire it--and grow religious between your sheets.
He stood tall, so sure, and so successful. He stood tall, able to inspire, and so resourceful.
Well, you better be hungry, I have all your favorites. Arroz con habichuelas y ensalada!
The Bible, however, does present a single picture, complex though it is, of at least one human life: the "image of God" that is granted ...
There's no Saints; everyone lies. Everybody betrays everybody sooner or later too. The quicker you get that through your head, the better."From "Hostages
Hard as nails Stacy Killian was one like one of those Tootsie Roll Pops - hard shell, soft, chewy center. Once a guy knew the ...
BubbaHarold - "One of the most unique takes on true crime ever.
God, I love the waltz, the way the elegance of the one-count draws your attention away from the restlessness of the two-three.
Palmer looked back to see de Lacy still rolling across the muddy road from his fall, the destrier spinning and snorting from its refusal. 'So ...
It almost contradicts itself," she says after a moment. "It's as if there is love and loss at the same time, together in a kind ...
As with anything creative, change is inevitable.
For one does not have to be ignorant and poor to find that one's life is barren as the dusty yards of one's town
Envy isn't always green; it's often black and white!" (On book reviews - from an article written in 2013)
It is not true that it is hard to govern Italy. It is useless.
One of the biggest sicknesses this world has is expectation. We all expect other people to be a certain way or to do a certain ...
I never was lost. I was bewildered right bad once for as much as a week, but not lost.
I view Al Jazeera as a very serious journalistic outfit. They have proven to observers around the world that they are serious and objective. They ...
Chemical compounds of carbon can exist in an infinite variety of compositions, forms and sizes. The naturally occurring organic substances are the basis of all ...
A well-trained man knows how to answer questions; an educated man knows what questions are worth asking.
I won't let you down, Mama. I won't let myself down.