In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back.
Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.
Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted?
I saw the excitement, going to different places, being able to explore emotion in a healthy way.
The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.
It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.
Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm more interested in being an actor than a heartthrob.
I definitely don't plead guilty to being a heartthrob.
Being a teen idol or being a heartthrob on all the magazines, with Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Scott Baio - it was embarrassing! I never understood it. I mean, why me? I never really got it.
I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen.
I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them.
I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed.
The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me. So after that being unsatisfied in the thing, the Lord was pleased to bring this scripture out of the Hebrews.
For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast and too far in this movement without enough alarms being sounded to be heard and heeded.
There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all.
Being unprepared heightens nerves.
Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of two different communities brought together.
It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
