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Probably people always feel that they are living in a time of transition, but we can hardly be mistaken perhaps in thinking that this is an era of particularly momentous change, rapid and proceeding at an ever quickening rate.

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

Growing up, the Opry was my Hollywood.

pregnant belly of sunlight, bouncing over an open book

I seem most instinctively to believe in the human value of creative writing, whether in the form of verse or fiction, as a mode of truth-telling, self-expression and homage to the twin miracles of creation and consciousness.

Love verily so is the primordial intent through which One desires to create, to give birth to- and to illuminate all matters of our universe, our world, our lives. So love. Please love. Love with all your heart.

In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.

Biographers use historians more than historians use biographers, although there can be two-way traffic - e.g., the ever-growing production of biographies of women is helping to change the general picture of the past presented by historians.

Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions.

Facebook creeps me out.

There are distinctions between Indian and Pakistani writers.

I have said before, you don't expect conservative parties to believe in much, but you do expect them to believe in thrift.

In the 19th century, when Muslims were looking at Europe as an example, they were independent; they were more self-confident. In the early 20th century, with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the whole Middle East was colonized. And when you have colonization, what do you have? You have anti-colonization.

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.

By definition, to work with me, you need thicker skin and must be OK with a certain amount of verbal abuse!

Who was Amanda Knox? Was she a fresh-faced honor student from Seattle who met anyone's definition of an all-American girl - attractive, athletic, smart, hard-working, adventuresome, in love with languages and travel? Or was her pretty face a mask, a duplicitous cover for a depraved soul?

I have always wanted to do a Christmas album and covers.

I really think that education is ground zero for fixing anything.

Death at times seems like a dark tunnel to be traveled, and the future seems bleak.

In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier.