Being a traditionalist, I'm a rabid sucker for Christmas. In July, I'm already worried that there are only 146 shopping days left.
Race prejudice has nothing to do with color. It has to do with being the stranger.
There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.
That's the beauty of being a straight-to-DVD star. It really helps you stay under the media's radar.
Being a beauty queen was never on my radar.
When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.
How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen.
I have a very varied taste in music from Boards of Canada to Radiohead. So I just love making music and being in the studio.
It's easier in some ways being on the life raft and the other guy's in the boat and you can row alongside and be supportive. In some ways, that's an easier role.
I don't worry about running myself ragged. I worry about being bored.
I admit to subscribing to all the celebrity rags. The best part of being an author is if the celebs aren't being ridiculous enough, you can just make it up.
We need a president who doesn't just visit our forgotten communities for rallies but one who lives in them - one who knows the pain and suffering that comes with being unseen and unheard.
I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads.
I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.
Getting to the point where a cause goes from being a terribly daunting task with a handful of adherents to an acknowledged success with momentum and many allies is a rarity.
It's weird to think about being introduced as 'Hall of Fame members Rascal Flatts.'
There is a difference between being bold and being rash.
Congressional overseers and the public must be given appropriate insight into government activities as well as their legal rationale to ensure America's values are being upheld and our interests advanced.
Compared with members of other nations of Western civilization, the ordinary American is a rationalistic being, and there are close relations between his moralism and his rationalism. Even romanticism, transcendentalism, and mysticism tend to be, in the American culture, rational, pragmatic and optimistic.
When I buy something from Raven & Lily, I know that it is good, it is not harming anything, and the people making it are being helped.
