Without a Mayaguez, or something comparable that we don't see in the immediate future, there is probably no one thing the President can do to himself to turn this situation around.
Turns out you have a really fun time if you go to work every day and focus on being silly and funny and happy!
I remember interviewing someone I actually felt bad for, and therefore didn't want to take an ironic stance against him. It actually turned out to be a really funny piece.
What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?
It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.
One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time.
My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.
I just live and let live and live my life pretty much according to the Golden Rule. And it turns out well for me.
People saying, 'Life didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.' Welcome to the club. I wanted to be the starting center-fielder for the Boston Red Sox, for chrissakes!
I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.
I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don't feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.
Mother is the first word that occurs to politicians and columnists and popes when they raise the question, 'Why isn't life turning out the way we want it?'
But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.
Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.
I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.
In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.
I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
Never dare to turn your subconscious mind into a shelter for thoughts or beliefs that aren't working in your favor.
People cannot turn you into a foot mat if you clearly know your true self-worth.
Being humble really doesn't mean that you should turn yourself into a mat for others to step on.
