Up the two terrace flights of steps the rain ran wildly, and beat at the great door, like a swift messenger rousing those within;.
The integrity of China was more important than [the people] in Tiananmen Square.
Lincoln was a man who created himself from nothing without any help from outside or other people. I followed his struggles. I see certain similarities between him and me.
I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.
I cannot recognise either the Palestinian state or the Israeli state. The Palestinians are idiots and the Israelis are idiots.
Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.
The man who carried out the attack is still in power and still insane, so we shall expect another attack any minute.
Over the years with movies, I've given directors notes.
The songs we sing invite the participation of the listener, who is central to finding a way of creating the life of the song at that listening. It's the difference between poetry and didactic writing. One tells you, 'This is it,' and the other says, 'Let's find this together. '
You might be a redneck if you can amuse yourself for more than an hour with a fly swatter.
Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth. . .