We've learned how to lengthen life, but we don't know how to deepen it.
I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied.
Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy
Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story
And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen
In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.
The way Electronic Dance Music [EDM] is manipulated and exported to the world is a very strong, and "total" concept. But it's not that interesting artistically. EDM is seen by some media as a kickstarter for kids who have no idea how deep dance music can go.
We must eradicate root and branch any fear and dread in our soul concerning the future that is coming towards us. . . We must develop composure with regard to all the feelings and sensations we have about the future; we must anticipate with absolute equanimity whatever may be coming towards us, thinking only that whatever it may be will be brought to us by the wisdom-filled guidance of the universe.
Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles.
You go back and look at things like Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, a lot of people dying in state-sponsored arm conflict