give a woman the chance to reject something else besides me

This feat I also had no idea how to accomplish, but ignorance had never stopped me from taking action before.

no one asks poor people if they want war.

...nothing is more precious than independence and freedom...

He responded with one of those looks of pity and amusement I was by now so used to getting, the kind that implied not only was my fly undone, but that there was nothing to see even if it was.

Quoting Nguyen Du - Talent and destiny are apt to feud.

Did we salivate for sadness, or had we only learned to enjoy what we were forced to eat?

Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.

While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also far better to be hated than ignored.

cheered by the optimism that one sometimes had at the beginning of strenuous exercise, a kind of helium that filled our lungs and carried us along

That is what revolutionaries do. We sacrifice ourselves to save others.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

I personally like to do independent films.

For some reason, we see divorce as a signal of failure, despite the fact that each of us has a right, and an obligation, to rectify any other mistake we make in life.

I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.

When a person puts his best foot forward and gets it stepped on, that's life.

A cardinal principle in systems theory is that all parties that have a stake in a system should be represented in its management.

Everything in the service needs to preach - architecture, lighting, songs, prayers, fellowship, the smell - it all preaches. All five senses must be engaged to experience God.

Jewelry should not upstage you. I pick one hot point on my body that I'm going to highlight. Let one area do the singing - you don't want to hear three songs at once.

The guy [Bill Clinton] was a known, let's say, "raconteur."

Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot.