Quotes of: Michelle-obama Keyword

In the seeker-church movement the emphasis away from the use and explication of creedal confession is obvious, since the whole point is to focus on the 'felt-needs' of the person in the pew - especially the felt-needs of nonbelievers. The rationale i...

To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

If “piracy means using the creative property of others without their permission- if “if value, then right” is true- then the history of the content industry is a history of piracy. Every important sector of “big media” today- film, records,...

Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity

Everyone gets killed in the shower. Don't you go to the movies? Psycho. Dead in shower. The MExican in No country for Old Men. Dead in shower. Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath. Almost dead in shower, or in the bath, anyway. But she did that thi...

Norwegian by Night

Modern literary theory sees a similarity between walking and writing that I find persuasive: words inscribe a text in the same way that a walk inscribes space. In The practicse of Everyday Life, Michel de Certeau writes, 'The act of walking is a proc...

The Lost Art of Walking

Perhaps J. P. Morgan did as a child have very severe feelings of inadequacy, perhaps his father did believe that he would not amount to anything; perhaps this did effect in him an inordinate drive for power for power’s sake. But all this would be q...

The Power Elite

When we think of the word culture, obvious representations such as how to dress, eat, speak, and act like those around us come to mind. But learning culture is more than learning conformity to external patterns of behavior. Culture is also a system o...

Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds

Tugging her purse strap up on her arm, she headed for the door. “You have my cell number. I’ll text you. If something goes wrong and he pulls an axe, you’ll be the first person I call.” Michelle groaned. “See, this is why I worry. The first...

Hunting For Love

Does doing something old with new technology mean that I’m teaching with technology and that I’m doing so in a way as to really improve the reading and writing skills of the students in my classroom?” (2007, 214). Her answer, as well as mine, w...

Troy Hicks

Sam: OK, remember when Paul McCartney wrote the song "Michelle" and then he only wrote the first part, Annie said. And then he gave that part to John Lennon, and he wrote the part that said, "I love you, I love you, I love you." And Annie said that i...

I Am Sam

[T]here's a thin line separating the delicate from the bloodless, in art as in food.

Calcutta: Two Years in the City

Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address

But certainly not everyday you can find someone who wants to have a monogamous relationship

Baby Proof

Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

Ahmet Davutoglu

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Albert Pike

Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.

Adam Schiff

As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepared to handle the continued threat of violence and terrorism on our country.

Leonard Boswell

I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway.

Wale

his unwavering confidence - but now, it feels like a brand of indifference

Heart of the Matter

What if two people want to be your partner, then what?

Something Borrowed

You can only control your own actions. Not other people’s reactions.

Something Blue