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Computer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist.
I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.
God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter.
It's very easy to say that something is a shadow of itself, and it may be true in some senses.
People getting their fundamental interests wrong is what American political life is all about.
Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it.
We Americans love our Constitution so much that we can't bear to change even the stupid parts.
I love to run smart essays and commentary. But it doesn't replace the other kind of reporting.
A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility
Women--one half the human race at least--care fifty times more for a marriage than a ministry.
Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.
Washington honors the Platinum Rule above all: 'Do it unto others before they do it unto you'.
He that revels in a well-chosen library, has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour.
The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it.
My rule of thumb is that if I am interested or intrigued by something, others will be as well.
The real election meddling is by Facebook and Google and others that are shadow-banning people.
Wear the badge of environmental radicalism, and you're a citizen automatically under suspicion.
Peron had a wise saying. In politics, you can recover from anything except looking like a fool.
Boredom is the specter that haunts children from kindergarten to graduation on every continent.
Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.
An auctioneer is a man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.
Things happen in a way that surprises. That's why I'm reluctant to predict. You cannot predict.
Someone told me once that to create true art you must be willing to bleed and let others watch.
There isn't heartache if there hasn't been joy. I wouldn't feel loss if there hadn't been love.
I hate to ask about the title, because it makes it seem like that is all I've read of the book.
I'm concerned about heart disease. I've raised money to fight heart disease; my dad died of it.
America's international broadcasters are an important part of the face we present to the world.
Unless people are prepared to declare themselves your enemies you have to hunt around for them.
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.
Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
Being an editor has been a source of great satisfaction, but writing is the thing I truly love.
Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.
I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not.
Every president inherits a mixed bag when he comes to office, and Obama's was hardly the worst.
I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
I'm a lot of things but not a liar or a phony, even when I know it's in my best interest to be.
I loved being a judge, and sometimes I miss the power of the gavel, but this is a lot more fun.
Music is a vehicle that propels me and so many other people toward a place we might call grace.
I have a boyfriend and a dog, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.
Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.
We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world.
Having talent isn't merely about being competent; confidence is actually a part of that talent.
I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.