We're prosperous enough that we can afford to have one in six able-bodied men of working age sitting at home playing video games.
Lancaster, California. . . that promised land sometimes called 'the west coast of Iowa.
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.
we are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. as we were. as we are no longer. as we will one day not be at all.
I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.
The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language.
Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a night when choice was any more than the sum of all the choices gone before?
[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy, good nutrition, good education. That'll be important for the world.
At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy.
Pretend hard enough and maybe it will go away.
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.