I'm going to be your grandpa! <br> I have the biggest smile. <br> I've been waiting to meet you for such a long, long while.
The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.
People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.
History is a big word. . . . . . . . . . History is not the sort of animal you can domesticate.
The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.
Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.
I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.
You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.
Whether we consider Nazi Germany or Abu Ghraib prison, there were many people who observed what was happening and said nothing. At Abu Ghraib, one photo shows two soldiers smiling before a pyramid of naked prisoners while a dozen other soldiers stand around watching passively. If you observe such abuses and don't say, "This is wrong! Stop it!" you give tacit approval to continue. You are part of the silent majority that makes evil deeds more acceptable.
Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons?
The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.
I'm going to be your grandpa! I have the biggest smile. I've been waiting to meet you for such a long, long while.