Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.
When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.
A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.
I am a very musical person. I love music, and I don't just love Cape Breton fiddling, although it's my favorite.
There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if they just love Celtic music, but there's some places where there's just awesome crowds.
I'd love to see T'he Avengers' with Robert Downey, Jr. playing Loki and Clark Gregg playing 'Thor' and I play Captain America.
I love seeing tattoos on 60-year-olds who have had them for 40 years.
I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature.
Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.
No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.
I founded a launch company called International Microspace when I graduated medical school in 1989. We were trying to build a microsatellite launcher.
As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.
Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.
A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts.
I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men.
I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.
The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
I think I was born into an incredibly fortunate environment.
