In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over.
Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.
I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.
Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus.
I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir.
I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers.
Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight.
My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it.
It's widely assumed that you can't compete with free, and that seems like a reasonable thing to think. But this has not been my experience.
As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in Missouri for 8 years.
You can't not be changed by the experience of seeing extreme poverty. You start to want to think about ways in which you can make the world better.
If we are going to have a bicameral parliament, I think there should always be a reserved place for people whose background and experience are critical to the welfare of the nation.
I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance.
I'm not sure the oil producers are enjoying real growth. That troubles me. For experience has shown that oil can be more of a curse than a blessing. And not only in Africa.
Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.
When I was 27 years old, I organized legal aid clinics to help low-income seniors. It was a life-altering experience.
And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.
I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.
