"I wasn't going to let being a woman be an obstacle or define my capabilities, but that it was going to be my strength, it was going to be my motive and my reason," she said. "And every time I was told no, I found the streng...
People are best convinced by things they themselves discover. You ask me 'What’s the the greatest act of faith?' To me is to look in the mirror of God’s word, and see all my faults, all my sin, all my shortcomings and to believe that God loves me exactly as he says he does....
I printed out ten of the best articles I could find from theNew York Timesand theLos Angeles Times,and then carefully read through each one, taking notes and asking, “Why did the writer say this here? What is the purpose of this sentence? How does this word move the story forward?”...
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. —Oliver Wendel...
"I Feel Pretty'' is a song that had a dual purpose. Steve [Sondheim] was always bothered by the language [he wrote for Maria to sing] — where does she get "alarming?" Instead of fighting it, what Tony [Kushner] did was set the scene in Gimbels using w...
Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is a meaningful, magical time. Read up on local Chinese New Year traditions, the most auspicious foods and how to celebrate.
Winston P. Lewis, 63, from Newark, New Jersey, who has been cycling since he was young as a means oftransportation, is open to switching to an e-bike one day. “My outlook for the future is to cycle until I can’t with an e-bike. It will extend how long I can ride. I will...
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Also enjoy CS Lewis, but haven’t read any in a few years. Your closing lines about fathers and Men’s dreams reminded me of the Lewis book “the abolition of man”. Great stuff… Oh and the chapter “ethics of Elfland” in the book “Orthodoxy” came to mind when you talked of ...
The truth is, the best writers have always had a community. Ernest Hemingway had F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and the expats in Paris. Jack Kerouac had William Burroughs and the Beats. J.R.R. Tolkien had C.S. Lewis and the Inklings. Virginia Woolf had Leonard Woolf and the Blo...