Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.
I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.
I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself.
We should always look back on our own past with a sort of contempt, as long as the tenderness is there - but please let some of the contempt be there.
Politics is still crucially important. Our choices are vital, and we've got to make them, and not just say, 'Oh, they're all the same. ' They are all the same in certain ways, alas - a political animal is such an animal. But lurking somewhere behind their rhetoric and their spittle are important choices that we should make.
The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.
Metaphor is embodied in language.
I have come to believe that anger and grudges are burning embers in the heart.
We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music.
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sautes it. There's, um, shrimp ka-bobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan-fried, deep-fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. . . That's, that's about it.
So my one kid's 4, my other kid's 4 months, I'm 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president - it's all lining up nicely here.