Inviting an invasion by foreigners and instigating one against them are two sides of the same neoconservative coin.
Just because I'm a murdering, thieving, cowardly, traitorous sort doesn't mean I can't do my job properly.
Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with a blue and red circular design in the center and the words GO CUBS! on both sides. Interesting," said Hugo. "What does it mean?" It was a gift from Sam," Hank explained as they entered the tent. "He said it used to represent Triumph over Adversity, but now better represents Impossible Quests and Lost Causes. " I think I preferred not knowing that," said Hugo. Hank grinned. "You're a Sox fan too, hey?
Jack," said Charles, "he's making up words again. " "Yes," Jack replied, "but he's getting better at it, don't you think?
You're a very odd man," said Bert. "I get that more often than you'd think," replied Charles.
Always, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you — and give it to you.
Astraeus,' Aven called out. 'God of the four winds and friend to sailors. Say a little prayer when you look at him, so he will give us what we need to keep our course. ' A little prayer?' said Jack. 'To a constellation?' To what it represents,' said Aven. But I don't believe in what it represents,' said Jack. Prayers aren't for the deity,' said Aven. 'They're for you, to recommit yourself to what you believe. ' Can't you do that without praying to a dead Greek god?' Sure,' said Aven. 'But how often would anyone do that, if not in prayer?
I'm interested in complexity, in the mathematical sense, as well as the idiomatic sense. The idea of emergence - that it's possible for complex patterns to arise out of many simple interactions - is fascinating.
The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliché. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly reductive, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized and easily expressed. These become the start and finish of any ideological analysis.
We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory.
The problem with the Tea Party is that it's been used in a way that scares people into supporting an agenda that's counter to their own interests.