I'm kind of a hermit. Left to my own devices, I won't submerge myself in anything further afield than the driveway.
If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.
I don't have anyone telling me to change things or giving me unwanted opinions. It's just me and my band making music. It's nice for a change.
Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?
The camera is one of the most frightening of modern weapons, particularly to people who have been in warfare, who have been bombed and shelled for at the back of a bombing run is invariably a photograph. In the back of ruined towns, and cities, and factories, there is aerial mapping, or spy mapping, usually with a camera. Therefore the camera is a feared instrument, and a man with a camera is suspected and watched wherever he goes. . . In the minds of most people today the camera is the forerunner of destruction, and it is suspected, and rightly so.
You want people to feel comfortable to walk in their neighborhoods, go out and shop, do business.