Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.
From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled their capital, corporate leaders would have to respond.
My biggest goal in life is to not be annoying about being a bride.
I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.
'Brigade' is about one man leading his team to save the fabric of reality even as it comes undone.
I'm very much about letting other people shine, because it makes us all shine brighter.
Hip-hop is about the brilliance of pavement poetry.
I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.
That's really what my work is all about - bringing kids together.
I'm not going to make general comments about the British press.
I just found out about 10 days ago that I must live 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears... so now I have to move.
I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals.
It's easier to write about what you know. I wouldn't write about a Wall Street broker, for example.
Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.
In order to write novels for a living - it's not pathological, but I do think and worry and brood and fidget about stuff that I'm working on.
When people get disillusioned and get insecure and content about the future, they tend to brood about what might have been.
