The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.
I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term.
I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are.
I know firsthand that immigrants make enormous contributions to our nation, but I also know that we need to secure our borders and make sure that those who came here illegally wait their turn, pay a fine and any unpaid taxes, and pass a criminal background check before becoming citizens.
Firstly, I am somebody who plays in a defensive role, and we need to start with that, but then I need to bring the ball forward and help the attack.
If we're going to win in 2016, we need a consistent conservative: someone who has been a fiscal conservative, a social conservative, a national security conservative.
What I am is a principled conservative individual who believes in fiscal responsibility.
My supporters are people who believe in being fiscally responsible and socially accepting. I think most people are in that category. Speaking with a broad brushstroke, those are my supporters.
Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?
Nantucket's English settlers, who first disembarked on the island in 1659, had been mindful of the sea's dangers. They had hoped to earn their livelihoods not as fishermen but as farmers and shepherds on this grassy isle dotted with ponds, where no wolves preyed.
I learned a lot from Ana Ortiz, who plays my sister in 'Sleeping with the Fishes'.
Clients become very attached to the fitter who they feel understands them.
Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.
Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.
My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous.
The headline is the 'ticket on the meat.' Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising.
When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is shy in personality but flamboyant in his philanthropy.
G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.