This is not an issue of geography. He IS of two worlds wherever he goes.

You can actually herd cats. They can't be forced, of course. But if they sense something they want, if there enticed by something good, they'll follow, even in herds.

Moral action – humble and honest – is the tribute that power must at some point pay to reason.

In this era of public survival through continuous storytelling, people want someone who might surprise them.

He was rebuilt, reconstituted by vengeance dressed up as high purpose.

A sense of messianic purpose makes the national interest almost indistinguishable from the political interests of the president.

I'm more depressed about the realities of the mature bureaucracy and more excited about the ideal that we're fighting for. And the juxtaposition has obvious consequences. Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen

Necessity and desperation birth resourcefulness.

A lawyer's empathy for her client deepens when she realizes that she has only seen the last couple of phases of his decline. How hard it must his initial adjustment have been to his loss of freedom?

Public servants in this Europe often do their best when they stop caring about whether they'll be fired.

Disequilibrium is often instigated by the will to power, a sleepless drive in the human personality to control others, to force them to do what one wants, or not to do what one opposes.

Closure is an American lie used to justify revenge. Healing is getting used to the pain, learning to be damaged.

My father took one of the toughest jobs in the government because he cared about his nation more than himself. His courage and conviction have always driven me to want to make a difference.

Our minds can come up with the most entertaining possibilities, if we let them. But most of the time, we keep them under far too close a check.

To predict the future we would have to know today what we will learn tomorrow which will shape our future actions

I see you. I will be careful with the places that hurt.

Our relation to the natural world takes place in a place.

Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.

Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.

The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.