The building of publicly funded stadiums has become a substitue for anything resembling an urban policy.
As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life.
I hated school. . . . One of the reasons was a learning disability, dyslexia, which no one understood at the time. I still can't spell. . .
In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.
I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.
No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray.
I was a very wanting child.
Reverence is the highest quality of man's nature; and that individual, or nation, which has it slightly developed, is so far unfortunate. It is a strong spiritual instinct, and seeks to form channels for itself where none exists; thus Americans, in the dearth of other objects to worship, fall to worshiping themselves.
Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted will inevitably differ across cultures and eras. Yet, these differences arise chiefly at the margins. All known societies embrace the virtues of truthfulness, integrity, loyalty, fairness; none explicitly endorse falsehood, dishonesty, disloyalty, gross inequity. (Five Minds for the Future, p136)
The people and the warmakers are two distinct groups. We must never say 'we' when discussing the US government's foreign policy. For one thing, the warmakers do not care about the opinions of the majority of Americans. It is silly and embarrassing for Americans to speak of 'we' when discussing their government's foreign policy, as if their input were necessary to or desired by those who make war.
And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.