There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
Democrats' definition of 'rich' - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all.
Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.
I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance.
Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person.
Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.
Sometimes it seems like we're closer to our manicurists than we are our own souls. We have to find ways to get in touch with that and to listen to it and to hear it.
To country people Cows are mild, And flee from any stick they throw; But I’m a timid town bred child, And all the cattle seem to know.
The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.
I've always wanted to do a real comedy. I haven't done enough, and it seems silly not to do more, considering the fact that people tend to laugh at me.
Healthcare reform is a paradigmatic case. It is self-evidently necessary and inevitable and has been on the agenda for 35 years, and the political class seems completely unable to respond to it.
I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.
It may seem a hard task to condemn fellow creatures to long years of confinement in prison, but it is not so hard if they clearly deserve it.
The GOP doesn't seem particularly afraid of being perceived as blocking reform, despite efforts by the Obama White House to establish that narrative.
I used to describe myself as a comic novelist, but my concerns seem to have darkened over the past few years.
Everything feels like you're in slow motion and everything you do seems like it's about two or three plays of what everybody else is doing.
It seems like there are two worlds out there - one that has revolved around 'Breaking Bad,' and then the one that I've been in, which just kind of observes it from afar.
My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.
I think that it's okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn't about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you.
I have known exceptional people who have endured severe trials while others, at least on the surface, seem to have lived charmed lives.
