I read a lot of literary theory when I was in graduate school, especially about novels, and the best book I ever read about endings was Peter Brooks' 'Reading for the Plot. '
As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce, when parental guilt can sometimes blur what should be the best decision.
I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.
My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out of hand.
I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.
No country can be complacent in making sure that excessive debt of the household doesn't create excesses and weaknesses in the financial system. Everything is interconnected.
The economic costs, the financial costs, the job losses, the income losses, the fiscal costs of bailing out financial system are becoming larger and larger.
You honor our humble abode,' said Bean. 'I do, don't I,' said Peter with a smile.
I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.
I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
Asteptarea ne da iluzia ca facem ceva asteptand, cand, de fapt, nu facem altceva decat sa murim suportabil, putin cate putin…
But the prospects of designing chemical plants for industrial scale chemical processes seemed far less interesting than the chemical events that occur in biological systems.
One needs a comprehensive concept that decides just how much debt states like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy can sustainably bear.
I saw a report on the news: 'Peter Dinklage tweeted... ' What? You know, I don't need any of that stuff. I got an email account; that's all I need.
Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy.
In Jamaica, you're never very far away from people who don't have very much, and in Wilmette, pretty much everybody had a lot.
An intellectual challenge presents itself? I am in bliss. Instantly, it brings forth the notion of triumph.
On the high wire, within months, I'm able to master all the tricks they do in the circus, except I am not satisfied.
I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.
