Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones.
The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning.
Every great accomplishment begins with a dream, never forget that within us all is the fortitude, patience and passion to change destiny.
All life is bound to a simple truth... that time goes on, that in each person's life begins a tale, a tale that will either end in memory or in legend.
Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says “Bad war, good soldier.” Only now are Americans beginning to separate the war from the warrior.
It is my mission to ensure that HIV-positive children and children with AIDS are no longer overlooked and that they begin receiving the treatment and care they deserve.
When I'm writing well, I feel happy. And when I go too long without writing, I begin to implode.
I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.
Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
We do not have to see the beginning and the end of our lives, but we must close our eyes and live as if we didn't start or would never end.
It is unfortunate that when you want to make some people feel like human beings, they begin to take you as an animal.
When I started the 'Broken Empire' trilogy, I thought it was a short story, and I didn't know the beginning, middle, or end of even that.
Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a vulnerable spot, and I can take it by storm.
It's been a continuity right from the beginning - that longing to weave together perceptions, to affirm the richness of us as human beings both as performers and audience members.
The spiritual journey is an adventure of exploration that gradually starts to open up before us when we are ready to begin asking the questions, “Who am I? and “Who are you?
Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.
It's alright! From the very beginning, I chose to take the most tough way. Consequences are meant to be. There's no way to change a thing.
Act NOW on those ideas! As they say, you snooze you lose. Or as I say, if you BEGIN you WIN.
I'm always giving myself the Alzheimer's test. My shrink told me to do this. It takes one minute. You name every word that comes to mind that begins with the letter F.
Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile.
I started using the Internet when I was 12 years old. I would go into chat rooms and flirt. It was the beginning of the Internet for young people.