Climate change is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.
Mum decided that I could sing a bit, so she put me in a choir, which I hated and it was just a nightmare. I was a rebellious sort of choirboy.
Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.
And all those who desire to celebrate, glorifying with faith and seeking Your salvation and mercy through me, grant to them Your good things in this world, and to go forth pleasing You, and make them worthy of Your heavenly Kingdom, for You are the only Good One and Lover-of-man, and the Giver of Good things, unto the ages. Amen.
A little weeping, a little wheedling, a little self-degradation, a little careful use of our advantages, and then some man will say. Come, be my wife! With good looks and youth marriage is easy to attain. There are men enough; but a woman who has sold herself, even for a ring and a new name, need hold her skirt aside for no creature in the street. They both earn their bread in one way. Marriage for love is the most beautiful external symbol of the union of souls; marriage without it is the least clean traffic that defiles the world.
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance.