Nations, like families, have
Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. Charles Baudelaire
Like Family
Nations, like families, have
Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. They do everything in their power not to have any. And therefore, the great man, in order to exist, must possess a force of attack which is greater than the force of resistance developed by millions of people. Charles Baudelaire
Marya Morevna, we are
Marya Morevna, we are better at this than you are. We can hold two terrible ideas at once in our hearts. Never have your folk delighted us more, been more like family. For a devil, hypocrisy is a parlour game, like charades. Such fun, and when the evening is done we shall be holding our … Read more
Like family, we are
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand. Billy Joel
Twenty years after the
Twenty years after the Andy Griffith Show when Andy did Matlock, he hired me for four episodes. I told him I wanted to develop an Aunt Bea type role for Matlock, but he was against it. I did appear on other popular TV shows, like Family Affair, My Three Sons, Barnaby Jones and Little House … Read more
Throughout our lives friends
Throughout our lives friends enclose us like pairs of parentheses. They shift our boundaries; crater our terrain. They fume through the cracks of our tentative houses and parts of them always remain. Friendship asks the truth and wants the truth, hollows and fills, ages with us, and we through it. It cradles us like family. … Read more
After a decade of
After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don’t walk the walk when it comes to fiscal responsibility. It’s easy to get up in front of the cameras and rant against exploding deficits. What’s hard is actually getting deficits under control. But that’s what we must … Read more
I been with strangers
I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger. August Wilson
I know I can’t
I know I can’t tell you what it’s like to be gay. But I can tell you what it’s not. It’s not hiding behind words, Mama. Like family and decency and Christianity. Armistead Maupin
Sometimes there’s more important
Sometimes there’s more important things in life than being in the ring, like family, like us, & being in love. Amy Dumas