Is it sin, which makes the worm a chrysalis, and the chrysalis a butterfly, and the butterfly dust?
Historically, large-scale global trade has served two functions: 1) the exchange of goods between willing sellers and buyers described in Econ 101 textbooks; 2) as a tool of state aggrandizement, in which the private parties are stand-ins for governmental interests.
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.
I directed a movie back in the '90s which had calf roping in it, and I got into it quite a bit back then.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
My role in 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a cameo, but it did expose me to cinema and took me to Cannes. I then did 'Prague,' which was a very niche film.
All artists draw from their lives, except they mask it and camouflage it... which is the smarter way to do it.
In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise.
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
The capacities by which we can gain insights into higher worlds lie dormant within each one of us.
But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.
The capitalist model, the developed model, the consumer model which comes from the North, which it has forced on the world, is falling apart on Earth, and there is no planet nearby that we can emigrate to.
Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
My study is a converted garage which is largely lined with bookshelves and cardboard boxes filled with manuscripts of my film scripts, plays and books.
I prefer not to use any machines. I focus a lot on cardio, which is what I do when I'm on stage. I also am into isometric workouts.
There are few industries as defiantly opaque as shipping. Even offshore bankers have not developed a system as intricately elusive as the flag of convenience, under which ships can fly the flag of a state that has nothing to do with its owner, cargo, crew, or route.
The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
