The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting.
I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment.
In our modern world of interdependent nations, hardly any state can wage war successfully without raising loans and buying war materials of every kind in the markets of other nations.
The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.
So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it.
There has always been tension between reporters and the administration, particularly when it comes to war in the modern era. You can go to Kennedy or Johnson and see that they weren't happy with David Halberstam or Morley Safer.
Hope is not a matter of age.
Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese.
Each day, I choose my age.
Age 50 is a lot tougher than 40s.
I busked from the age of 13 until I was 18.
Parenting is an impossible job at any age.
Does age matter? Time doesn't matter.
I don't have any issues with my age.
I started writing songs at age 15.
Age is a state of mind.
I'm aging, and the world is seeing it.
Growing age can kill the beauty, not the style.
As people grow older, some of the ways they have contributed in the past may no longer be possible, but the challenge to society is not only to provide help and care where these are needed but also to offer the opportunity to contribute and care for ...
After all, most of us have lived lives based on commitments made without any way of knowing where they would lead. The uncertainty is an essential element in commitment, the acceptance of consequences an essential element in fidelity. [p. 80]
