Violence is itself a form of political mobilisation. It is mainly directed against civilians and not at another army. The aim is to capture territory through political control rather than through military success. And political control is maintained ...
A warrior knows death is always a hair's breadth away, but he doesn't dwell on the possibility of his death when he goes into battle. A warrior just fights. He fights to protect his family, his home, his people, himself, and often, the good of man. T...
Not wanting the girls to endure the shame of a crazy mother, I spent my days acting as normal as possible. I walked through life, an actor in a Leave it to Beaver episode, determined to disguise all clues of my real condition until... well, until I c...
The child tends to be stripped of all social influences but those of the market place, all sense of place, function and class is weakened, the characteristics of region and clan, neighborhood or kindred are attenuated. The individual is denuded of ev...
Ransom Stoddard: Marshal, I was wrong the other day. But I was reading up on territorial law, and there it is, right there. Now, I'll draw up the complaint, take care of all the legal details - but you *do* have jurisdiction. Says so right there. So ...
History never repeats itself, historians do.
I'm not looking for a happy ending. I'm looking for a new beginning.
Her eyes are brown like the morning sand breaking in a new day.
IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity.
Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.
To love is easy and therefore common - but to understand - how rare it is!
A new beginning is better than an old ending
To see the farm is to leave it.
Spirituality without conversion is just plain dry.
I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.
You can't consume much if you sit still and read books.
You have to have an attitude that nothing's gonna stop me. I think that's just my New York kind of attitude - survival of the fittest.
But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.
Age is no issue to me. I think 50 is the new 30 and 70 is the new 50. There are no rules that say you have to dress a certain way or be a certain way.
I went to Paris when I was about 18 and then went to Miami and New York. I did all of that alone. I did it to myself.
New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.
