A melting Arctic creates a more permissive environment for Russia and China to seize territory.
Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. They've been a laboratory for everybody.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
The more I'm persecuted, the stronger I get.
We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.
'Vanity pages,' is somewhat of a derogatory term; personal pages are still the heart of blogging, but now there are more topic-oriented blogs. It's really about personal expression, and that's just gotten bigger and broader.
On a personal note I want to gain more confidence and give back in any way I can.
I don't want to make more friends. I have four kids, I have plenty of friends, and all the personal relationships I need.
I like a lot of independent brands - Melbourne's Kloke, Handsom and Neuw Denim, and Bassike in Sydney. It's easier to be proud of what you're wearing if you've met the people behind the brand and there's more of a personal story.
L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff.
I'm attracted to things that are in direct opposition to something that I've just done. It's not like I'm trying to make the right chess move. It's more just that personal thing where you get connected to something for so long and then you want to do something that's in opposition to that.
Women in general interest me. I like how women are more liable to talk about real things, personal things.
I want more muscles! I go to the gym three or four times a week with a personal trainer. I can afford that now. I can't put on weight though, no matter how much I eat.
Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.
People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.
We're in this incredible age where new brands are making people's lives easier, more convenient, more personalized.
The more personalized television gets, the less passive the experience will become.
The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally.
Instead of working to give robots personhood status, we should concentrate on protecting our human workers. If that means developing a more cooperative approach to ownership of autonomous trucks so millions of drivers are not left out in the literal cold, so be it.
