Puttin’ on a cowboy hat & a pair of boots doesn’t make you country

We have an hour before we have to leave," Cray said. "So I thought I might tell you a little about myself. I thought it might pass the time." "I'm not really all that interested," Alex said.

You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.

With apologies to all my past boyfriends, I never loved a man the way I loved my old apartment.

My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me of big teddy bears dancing around.

This ability to exist in pieces is what some adults call resilience. And I suppose in some way it is a kind of resilience, a horrible resilience that makes adults believe children forget trauma.

The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.

The goal isn't to do work and hand it in just before it's due. The goal is to do the work as beautifully as you can, faster than anyone else, so you can do more work.

Put anger aside. It is not a solution. Patience and love is a solution. With compassion and action, together we can end slavery.

Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.