It's high and low (culture), and we're casting a net wide. Almost everyone knows of these things; it's not like read more

It's high and low (culture), and we're casting a net wide. Almost everyone knows of these things; it's not like we're bringing them some obscure things.

Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and read more

Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent.

Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent.

Say Jessica was working on a math problem ... I would always try to illustrate the solution by drawing things read more

Say Jessica was working on a math problem ... I would always try to illustrate the solution by drawing things out. And she just started to copy what I was doing. Of course, as she got better at it, I would show her the 3-d aspect of shading or how to render perspective and she could just do it. She would just pick it up.

This matter has already become a national issue that concerns the whole of Iranian society and I can assure you read more

This matter has already become a national issue that concerns the whole of Iranian society and I can assure you that no Iranian government will make a compromise on this issue,

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the read more

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

We'll see what the (environmental impact statement) turns up.

We'll see what the (environmental impact statement) turns up.

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, read more

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.