My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
To overturn orthodoxy is no easier in science than in philosophy, religion, economics, or any of the other disciplines through which we try to comprehend the world and the society in which we live.
Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are studying the relationship of consciousness to neural and cognitive processes without really trying to reduce it to those proce...
I can't wait for everyone to read 'Don't Look Back.' It's something very different for me, my first romantic suspense novel, so I'm very excited to be sharing the book, finally.
More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.
My mother taught me a lot about respect for all living things - for plants and animals. I am a vegetarian. I was brought up that way.
I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.
The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.
The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States.
I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.
If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.
Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.
Mexico takes a hard line on immigration, demanding that visitors to her shores enter lawfully, and show her respect during their stay.
I have such a profound respect for what they do day in and day out. This USO tour is especially meaningful because of the friends I have met and I am honored to be apart of it.
I don't think anyone can speculate what will happen with respect to oil prices and gas prices because they are set on the global economy.
Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children.
First and foremost - our vision for a united and peaceful Georgia is based on respect for the desire - and respect for the right - to South Ossetian autonomy.
But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
