The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.
I'm impassioned about injury prevention as an athlete.
I can't be impatient. It would show on the floor, and I won't compete if I'm thinking about getting the ball.
The trickiest thing about the double bind is that it operates imperceptibly, like shots from a gun with a silencer.
A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.
I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.
What's fascinating about the Australians is they have this quality that they are impervious to majesty. They're not awed.
To put it mildly, I'm not crazy about the implication that pregnant women are incapable of deciding for themselves.
Berlin inspired Bowie and stirred him to write about real, important matters.
We reduced the size of our front page code by about 50%, and by using absolute positioning, we are able to display important parts of the page before other parts may have fully loaded yet.
The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.
There is an incredible appetite out there for in-depth, high-level conversations about what's going on.
I never worry about action, but only inaction.
The greatest myth about mass incarceration is that it has been driven by crime and crime rates. It's just not true.
I care a lot about Heart; I was there at the inception of Heart.
It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me.
When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.
For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.
The weight of a fabric is inconsequential, since seasonal dressing is all about layering.
One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.
