And it's true, you hear things in Damascus and, after a few hours, the human double-take stops operating.
After the Boston Marathon bombings, people shared grief and outrage on social media.
Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.
There is greater clarity in the still waters of sadness, something not found in the babbling brooks of more sought after emotions.
After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
After 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which was this big, long five-year project, I spent a year making small things.
When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.
I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body.
CGI is done after the film is done. It's through the computer. Most of the film is not computer-generated special effects. Most of it is that creature that is in the room with you.
All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer.
Once, I had to clip a jacket back to take a picture, and after they were done I forgot to remove the clip until someone noticed.
Badminton will gain momentum in a big manner after my win in Olympics. More players will participate in the game now.
I usually settle into a routine during the season where I shoot for about 15 or 20 minutes before and after practice, and then do the whole practice.
It doesn't matter what people say or what the rules say or what you're supposed to do, you go after what's in your heart.
I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.'
There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done.
After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.
Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.
After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.
After aircraft production, the entertainment industry is America's largest source of trade surplus.
I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics!