How Is It That So Often .

Just Because It's A Rat Race Doesn't Mean It's Okay To Be A Rat.

There Is A Gentle Absurdity About Washington, D.c., And It Is Easy To Develop Affection For The Place, If You Can Forget That The Consequences Of What Goes On There Are Real, Whereas What Goes On There May Not Be.

What I Like Most About Change Is That It's A Synonym For 'hope'. If You're Taking A Risk, What You Are Really Saying Is, 'i Believe In Tomorrow And I Will Be The Part Of It.

When There Is Good News, And It Is News , We Do Report It, But Usually News Is A Record Of Human Failure. Those Wanting To Celebrate Human Accomplishment Are, As Someone Said, Advised To Go To The Sports Section.

[my Father] Was Generous With His Affection, Given To Great, Awkward, Engulfing Hugs, And I Can Remember So Clearly The Smell Of His Hugs, All Starched Shirt, Tobacco, Old Spice, And Cutty Sark. Sometimes I Think I've Never Been Properly Hugged Since.