How can we do our best when we are spending our energies trying to make others lose - and fearing that they will make us lose?
One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.
The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.
Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.
Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.
The planning stage of a cruise is often just as enjoyable as the voyage itself, letting one's imagination loose on all kinds of possibilities. Yet translating dreams into reality means a lot of practical questions have to be answered.
Without changing my style and who I am, they [Trent Willmon and Dan Couch and Dale Oliver ] know how to draw those things out of me. It was a really cool experience on this record, because I tried really hard on the writing to make sure that I wasn't just writing it just like I wanted to.
I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful.
What's the woman doing there?" he asked. "Covering a scratch on the hood. She was cheaper than a new paint job. " He flipped through a few more pages of barely dressed women and classic cars. "Nick used to have magazines like this when we were kids. But without the cars. " He rotated a photo sideways. "Or the bathing suits.