Great teachers often come to us in humble packaging. That little dog held the wisdom of a sage in his heart. I learned from him that healing is not about the success or failure of the physical body, that physical survival is secondary. All creatures ...
One saw a bird dying, shot by a man. It was flying with rhythmic beat and beautifully, with such freedom and lack of fear. And the gun shattered it; it fell to the earth and all the life had gone out of it. A dog fetched it, and the man collected oth...
People said things to me like "They're just animals. They're here for our use." I had a visceral reaction to that phrase, maybe because I was told countless times during my growing-up years that I was "just like an animal." I had suffered much of my ...
All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.
It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.
Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.
Education is a system of imposed ignorance.
Politicians really worry about being politically correct.
Hamas is a Palestinian political party with an aggressive militant wing.
Political parties exist to get bums on seats.
I would say Politically Incorrect is my favourite right now.
I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.
Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.
But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.
You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.
As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.
The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.
I've been really at the highest levels of American political life.
The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.
It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.
