When we look at an object in a different way our perception of it immediately changes. But reality always stays the same.
Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.
It's not the worst thing to slap a woman now and then.
A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?
If anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film.
I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker.
How peaceful life would be without love. How safe, how tranquil and how dull.
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
Hunting and fishing involve killing animals with devices (such as guns) for which the animals have not evolved natural defenses. No animal on earth has adequate defense against a human armed with a gun, a bow and arrow, a trap that can maim, a snare that can strangle, or a fishing lure designed for the sole purpose of fooling fish into thinking they have found something to eat
You sit down in the morning on your own to write something. You get to the end of the day and it's not like you've cracked it and it's finished and it's done, because it can always be improved. It can always be changed. There is no right answer, so you can drive yourself crazy with just the expanse of infinite possibilities when it comes to writing.
The role at the DCCC as well as the role of chief deputy whip - I wouldn't be where I am in those spots if it were not for the speaker's approval.