American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.
As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.
Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.
The act of learning to read added an entirely new circuit to our hominid brain's repertoire. The long developmental process of learning to read deeply changed the very structure of that circuit's connections, which rewired the brain, which transformed the nature of human thought.
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
India has a long history with devotional, even obsessive love, be it for a personal god or for your lover.
Fraudulent and improper payments have long bedeviled Medicare, a $466 billion program. In particular, payments for durable medical equipment, like power wheelchairs and diabetic test kits, are ripe for fraud.
At home, we must reject the mistaken notion - a notion that has dominated too much of the public dialogue for too long - that ever bigger Government is the answer to every problem.
I feel like a good pair of diamond studs goes a long way. They make everything look dressy, and you just seem more put together.
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
Take 'Jack and Diane.' I was so disgusted with people thinking the line 'Hold on to sixteen as long as you can' meant to stay a teenager forever. What I meant was keep doing whatever makes you feel alive.
I have kept a training diary to record my training plans and my feelings and emotions for a long time.
I do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length.
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.
The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.
The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of language and diction, different approach to story.
Super Bowl XXXII was a victory made long before stepping on that field in San Diego in 1998. It was earned with my brother guiding me as a kid in Glennville, Ga., and as a seventh-round pick out of Savannah State. Even at the pinnacle, that ring was always his.
Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
Thanks to my Czech-German heritage, I can't get enough of savory foods like stews, sausage, noodles, and anything that involves melted cheese. Not great choices from a dietary perspective, but at the end of a long day, I feel like I'm entitled.
