I have been maturing as a teacher. New experiences bring new sensitivities and flexibility.

I have been maturing as a teacher.

When someone is being particularly mean and nasty, I simply think to myself, he or she used to be a cute little baby, I wonder what happened?

Weakness of skills can be overcome with strength of will.

Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.

I often think it can often be very difficult for comedians to revisit the same gag. I think Russell's a bit more than a comedian.

The conflict between the need to belong to a group and the need to be seen as unique and individual is the dominant struggle of adolescence.

The argument for intelligent design basically depends on saying, 'You haven't answered every question with evolution,'... Well, guess what? Science can't answer every question

Love grows by not giving to us. And if our passion for poetry lives on and persists, it is because poetry offers us only its bits of lint.

You know, addressing my crazy by name doesn’t exactly help me stay sane,” I said. “Nothing can help you stay sane at this point, Mason,” said Becks. “That ship has sailed.

Hispanic values are conservative values. Hispanics are highly religious, they’re very strongly pro-traditional family... not only pro-family, but also pro-life. They are highly patriotic.

The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread.