Had "Malcolm in the Middle" been picked up I would not have been available for the pilot of "Breaking Bad. " And right now someone else would be sitting in this chair talking to you. Not me.
Technology will make available to the leaders of major nations, techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of the security forces need be appraised. . . . . techniques of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm.
The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them.
Although it is tempting to think of these natural landscapes as reflecting a stability in climactic and geologic forces, long periods of climactic and geophysical stability actually result in a rundown of the energy available to ecosystems and people. Geologically young regions with recent mountain building and volcanism tend to be much more biologically productive and have supported large populations of people despite their vulnerability to natural disasters. Geologically old regions (like most of Australia) tend to have low biological productivity and supported fewer people.
With every kind of birth control available in the world, abortion is not something to be proud of. If you need an abortion, you've failed.
The discovery that peace, happiness and love are ever-present within our own Being, and completely available at every moment of experience, under all conditions, is the most important discovery that anyone can make.
Of all the life skills available to us, communication is perhaps the most empowering.