The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.
Since I am not actually a real human being, my emotional responses are generally limited to what I have learned to fake.
I don't know if you have noticed this, but it is quite possible for two human beings to have a conversation in which one or both parties involved has absolutely no idea what they're talking about.
No big deal. We all have blood in us, the trick is keeping it inside.
Anybody can be charming if they don't mind faking it, saying all the stupid, obvious, nauseating things that a conscience keeps most people from saying. Happily, I don't have a conscience. I say them.
Nothing in life is fair. Fair is a dirty word and I'll thank you not to use that language around me.
Life teaches us that human thought almost never walks hand in hand with logic, and it is usually counterproductive to raise the point.
The marriage rate has hit an all-time low, with 1 in 5 adults over 25 having never been married. In fact, an ad firm has come up with slogans to get people on board. One slogan is: 'Marriage, satisfaction guaranteed or your money back - half of it, anyway. '
My friends are gone and my hair is grey. I ache in places I used to play. And I’m crazy for love but I’m not coming on. I’m just paying my rent every day in the tower of song.
This is the gospel of labour, ring it, ye bells of the kirk! The Lord of Love came down from above, to live with the men who work. This is the rose that He planted, here in the thorn-curst soil: Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.
Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.