Dissimulation is the refuge of the slave.
I will continue to fight for justice, fairness, and constitutional rights until my dying breath.
I know Obama, I like Obama, I voted for Obama.
If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.
Ed Koch will never 'rest in peace. ' That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his goal. He understood that to be a proud and assertive Jew meant never being able to leave a sigh of relief and say, 'It's over, we are at peace, we can now put down our guard and relax. '
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs.
On television and in the movies, crimes are always solved. Nothing is left uncertain. By the end, the viewer knows whodunit. In real life, on the other hand, many murders remain unsolved, and even some that are 'solved' to the satisfaction of the police and prosecutors lack sufficient evidence to result in a conviction.
Id always assumed that by 40 Id have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like a pillow into which I could sink as I entered the second half of my life.
The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.
I'm surprised by how much I remember.
An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.