Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
Red lights, green lights, stop and go jive. Headlines, deadlines, jamming your mind.
I'm older, wiser and richer, and I still have just as many headaches. It hasn't changed me drastically; certainly, not in terms of relationships. The people I'm close to, and there aren't many of them, have been close for a long time. And we know each other well enough to know it isn't the quantity of time you spend together, it's the quality.
You just stroke me, stroke me.
I rise at the break of day, your smile sets me on my way.
You got your glory and you paid for it all, you take your pension in loneliness and alcohol.
You guard your hopes and pocket your dreams, you'd trade it all to avoid an unpleasant scene.
Like in Africa, if somebody doesn't have fuel, they're still going and collecting firewood. If they get an oven, that's a huge difference. You can do things to reduce the inequities by making sure that they can get clean energy, safe energy. To make sure they're not having to collect water every day. That's huge for women in the developing world.
I have never encountered a winner that held hate towards something.
Love is a combination of admiration, respect, and passion. If you have one of those going, that's par for the course. If you have two, you aren't quite world class but you're close. If you have all three, then you don't need to die; you're already in heaven.
I am for maximum supervision and minimum regulation.