Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and read more

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.

The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall. A person is defined by what read more

The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall. A person is defined by what he chooses to do with his life, not by what happens to him.

The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all read more

The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life.

She was a wonderful nurse that I would say every nurse should emulate.

She was a wonderful nurse that I would say every nurse should emulate.

You might as well have put her on a stage eating a plate of spaghetti and put a rope round read more

You might as well have put her on a stage eating a plate of spaghetti and put a rope round her chair instead of putting her in a theatre where she wasn't at home and was struggling.

She's a great leader. She's a bundle of energy.

She's a great leader. She's a bundle of energy.

The more things change, the more they are the same.

The more things change, the more they are the same.

Video CD players weren't necessarily supported by the Hollywood studios, but Indian and Chinese movie studios made content available and read more

Video CD players weren't necessarily supported by the Hollywood studios, but Indian and Chinese movie studios made content available and people were willing to buy them. I think you could see, to that extent, more than one standard.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, read more

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.