The priorities would have remained the same ? first medical care, then law enforcement alert.

The priorities would have remained the same ? first medical care, then law enforcement alert.

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.

I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.

Teaching and learning go hand and hand and to achieve student learning I believe that it is essential to engage read more

Teaching and learning go hand and hand and to achieve student learning I believe that it is essential to engage the students. To achieve this, I make use of video, computer animations, PowerPoint and any other multimedia tool I can find. If you engage the class, active learning will follow.

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.

We're focusing on particular works — films, books, pieces of music, architecture — that deserve the name 'icon' and have read more

We're focusing on particular works — films, books, pieces of music, architecture — that deserve the name 'icon' and have this influence on our culture. Everybody knows those things, but almost because they're icons, people don't look below the fact of them.

According to these breathless reports and baseless hysteria, some have convinced the American Library Association that under the bipartisan Patriot read more

According to these breathless reports and baseless hysteria, some have convinced the American Library Association that under the bipartisan Patriot Act, the FBI is not fighting terrorism. Instead agents are checking how far you have gotten on the latest Tom Clancy novel,

Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is read more

Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only made use of. We will have such-a-one, for he sings prettily; we will invite such-a-one to a ball, for he dances well; we will have such-a-one at supper, for he is always joking and laughing; we will ask another because he plays deep at all games, or because he can drink a great deal. These are all vilifying distinctions, mortifying preferences, and exclude all ideas of esteem and regard. Whoever is had (as it is called) in company for the sake of any one thing singly, is singly that thing, and will never be considered in any other light; consequently never respected, let his merits be what they will.