The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes.
I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.
In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.
I know some writers are meticulous planners, but I'm not one of them.
We all pay federal taxes that we send to Washington and it is not unusual that as Americans we would expect some federal investment in the cities and metro areas because we're the ones that are generating the economic activity.
My grandmother, when she was young, would've walked past shops where some folks had out a sign that said, 'No Mexicans or dogs allowed.'
I admire personalities. Some politicians who are only great mice are just persons.
Many witnesses to the shooting of Michael Brown made statements inconsistent with other statements they made and also conflicted with the physical evidence. Some were completely refuted by the physical evidence.
It's kind of true, you do disappear off the planet if you are a middle-aged woman, but that has some advantages as well.
For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is.
While 'Twilight''s popularity was undeniable among both the teenagers they were aimed at and middle-aged women who flocked to the series in droves, Meyer has drawn her share of criticism for her writing. Some feminist critics assailed what they saw as Bella's mooning over her vampire lover.
I'm pretty middle-of-the-road. There are some issues I'm more conservative on.
I grew up in the Midwest, where people seem to be friendly and nice to one another. There is less stress than in some of the other cities.
Many troubled Midwestern towns are grasping for ways to fend off decline and, in some cases, extinction.
We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate.
I think I had a mild case of Asperger's as a younger guy, but that typically just wears off after a while. For some people, anyway.
Several years ago, when I was about to start a novel, I thought I might get some mileage out of the idea of a civilization in which people somehow felt - that is, they shared - all the pain and all the pleasure they caused one another.
In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed with us on the urgent need for this military action against Iraq.
If I was a CIA front company, what would I want to be able to do? Well, I would want to be able to land at military airfields as a civilian, so there's got to be some document that the Air Force or the Army has that would list all the civilian aircraft that are cleared to land at military bases.
