And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.
It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev is telling no tales. The older of the two brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings was likely the one who planned the attack, but when he died in a shootout with police just days after the blasts, his thoughts and motivations vanished with him.
The history of England, who has always dealt most harshly with her vanquished foe in the few European wars in which she has taken part in modern times, gives us Germans an idea of the fate in store for us if defeated.
I make up stories about people who are either imaginary or some variation of myself.
The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.
Every person I have met who has gone vegan says it is the best decision they have ever made.
There are a lot of writers who find a groove and spend a career mining that vein. I seem to be exactly the opposite.
There are not many people from top-tier venture capital firms who are focused on the seed stage.
The preachers who gain mighty results for God are the men who have prevailed in their pleadings with God ere venturing to plead with men.
We're still expected to color within the lines of accepted femininity, and women who step out of those lines are usually attacked, whether verbally or physically.
The verbs that are used for people who write quickly are almost never flattering.
Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
If you're making a film about a band or a songwriter or whomever, there's a publisher, there's a record label, and there are people who are vested interests in that film. But with back-up singers, because they did stuff for everybody, there's no one party that has any vested interest in seeing the story told.
There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we remain dependent on imports. All reform moves are resisted. Bureaucrats are hesitant to take bold decisions.
The need for this clinic is clear to me, to the veterans who are currently forced to travel hours to receive care, and even to the Veterans Administration that itself identified creation of a clinic in this part of our state as a priority to be completed by 2006.
It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'
The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded by enemies who want to make them disappear.
