Writing is an exercise in sculpture, chipping away at the rock until you find the nose.
My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.
Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life
John Hall, my geography teacher at school inspired me to a lifelong interest in geography and a curiosity about our world which has stayed with me through my life. Geography is a living, breathing subject, constantly adapting itself to change. It is dynamic and relevant. For me geography is a great adventure with a purpose.
Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future
Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.
I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.
I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.
I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers
Hopefully standup will become special again.
How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then? This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family. Will he make that grim connection.