I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end.
... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.
If we were to hit the level that Metallica or somebody like that hit, we'd have had a hard time dealing with it. I think it would have been our doom. It's hard for anybody at that level.
I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level.
Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe.
Men and women are most alike at their most mature and soulful levels. Men and women are most different only at their most immature and merely physical levels.
The players have competed on the level the last 25 or 30 years are always going to be the players that compete at a high level. These guys practice hard, they work on their game, they still hit the ball extremely well.
I think that Barack Obama faces a level of divisiveness, and I don't mean on a national level in terms of the North and the South and the Civil War; I really mean just politically.
Love is the highest moral standard.
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.
During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.'
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
One of the greatest gifts from God is the eternal perspective. It is a level of fearlessness, a level of understanding where one can experience even emotional harmony with God.
No matter what the good boys tell you, criminality is not a level playing field.
If you can’t handle others’ disapproval, then leadership isn’t for you.
