We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.
We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.
These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little gut-check on themselves.
I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine.
I sit down to the piano regularly at nine-o'clock in the morning and Mesdames les Muses have learned to be on time for that rendezvous.
When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.
The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.
I was down with Lucinda Williams and Mary Chapin-Carpenter. We did an acoustic tour, just the three of us, three chicks and three guitars.
But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.
After taking temporary charge last season he took us from looking down at the fringes of another relegation scrap, to within a kick of getting into Europe.
Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives.
I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
Sometimes while gazing at the night's sky, I imagine stars looking down making wishes on the brightest of us.
I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something.
When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD's. Waylon Jennings' records were always around to listen to.
Biology sets the context, and that is critical, but obesity still boils down to whether a person eats too much or exercises enough.
Many of us are tethered to bodies that sabotage us in our struggle to keep from getting fat, or to slim down when we do.
I'm at a point where I'm ready to settle down. Every girl I meet, though, something wrong happens, and I end up getting hurt.
On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died.
You should make an effort on stage because it's a performance. The stage should be glittery and camp, but I don't go down the shops in full stage gear.
