Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
When I began writing novels, I read Aristotle to learn how to perfect structure, Pearl Cleage to sustain tension, and Nora Roberts for characterization.
The attack and our response show just how vital Arizona's military bases are to the defense of our country. We need to do everything we can to protect them.
There are a lot of people from my Central Arkansas days that I owe a lot of thanks to for how they helped me over the years.
Having served in both Pakistan and India, I'm familiar with how their nuclear armament influenced regional stability.
You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten.
Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.
You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.
I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.
To the question how one kind of labor can be measured against another, how the labor of the artisan can be measured against the labor of the artist, how the labor of the strong can be measured against the labor of the weak, the communists can give no answer.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot of heat from his peers.
You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
I don't even know how to sell a piece of artwork of mine because it's so personal.
We will host the Asean summit in November this year. It will be an occasion to reflect on our achievements collectively and to look at how Asean can maintain its leading role in regional and international cooperation.
The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?
The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role of Western countries in this aspect is also a part of the research.
We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.
