Counter-insurgency, as you know, is a roller-coaster affair.
David Petraeus
Recitation: by Male by Female
I didn't start really focusing on writing until I was 24.
Jesmyn Ward
WritingStartFocusingReallyUntil
Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.
Maya Lin
ThoughtWarmth
It's interesting to note that when something like a virus tries to poison us, the first thing our bodies do is heat up. We burn away the infection. Maybe that's what Earth is doing to us.
Simon Toyne
InterestingDoingEarthBurnHeat
First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude, too. It's terribly easy to get used to someone else's poverty if you're living a middle-class life in it. But after a while, I saw it wasn't possible to accept it, and I also didn't want to.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
LifeAttitudePeopleSomeoneYou
If there's one person in the world with whom a chemistry read is unnecessary, it's Rachel McAdams.
Domhnall Gleeson
WorldPersonChemistryReadWhom
You shouldn't even be writing this story if you haven't heard me play live. You can't write with the passion you receive until you see a Dick Dale concert.
Dick Dale
LivePassionMeWritingStoryYou
I am the daughter of a Chicana and anglo. I think most days I am an embarrassment to both groups. I sometimes hate the white in me so viciously that I long to forget the commitment my skin has imposed upon my life.
Cherrie Moraga
LifeDaughterHateCommitmentI Am
I want things to be great for people of color and for women.
Bozoma Saint John
WomenGreatPeopleColorWant
While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through the Observer.
Anthony Holden
BookSundayThroughBeingObserver
If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded.
William Joyce
YouWantTellStoriesReally
We must work harder to lessen inequalities. Only by doing so can we speak with credibility and moral authority to other countries and the People's Republic of China.
Sherrod Brown
WorkPeopleSpeakDoingMoralChina
Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.
Thomas Frank
MoneyMedicalAuthorityIndependent
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