“There’s something so special about a woman who dominates in a man’s world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer.”– Rihanna “To all
Four stories are linked by a Chinese proverb and overlapping characters. A usually unadventurous man (Forest Whitaker) loses big on a horse race and robs a bank to pay off a gangster (Andy Garcia). The gangster's nephew goes on the town with a hit man (Brendan Fraser) who can see int...
How can Christians assume that a man who cannot maintain his own personal wedding vows or control his tongue and temper while engaging in the politics of personal destruction, is a man fit to hold the most powerful office in the world? “But Hillary is worse!”, they shout. The argument ...
Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. ho is that?” the new arrival asked St...
“When a man blames others for his failures, it’s a good idea to credit others with his successes.”– Howard W. Newton “Nothing succeeds like – failure.”– Oliver Herford “Success isn’t permanent, and failure isn’t fatal.”– Mike Ditka “There are two kinds of men who never...
As he worked on his character, he imagined how enraged a man would be after being exiled on a desert world and losing his wife. Inevitably, Khan became obsessed with Kirk, who he saw as his nemesis. "Kirk was the fiend who had imprisoned him; who had stopped him up in the bottle. ...
A fool is a man who is wise too late. This is a sententious and instructive definition. Alas, how many are in that condition on a dying bed! A fool is happier thinking well of himself, than a wise man is in others thinking well of him. No doubt a good conceit of one's self ...
Shifting the blame is also a form of defense mechanism which people resort to. People who always shift the blame usually switch the context completely and respond in a way that puts the focus back on you, making you feel guilty. A severe level of blame shifting can lead to domestic abuse...
A man who is a good joke-teller gains admiration and status for his skill, particularly in male company. There is no such pay-off for women. It is not expected of them and taking part in aggressive competitive joke-telling might be regarded as unseemly in a woman (...
“I don’t think there will be much change but the military operations against the PKK and also the other important news, like blasts in Ankara, will really affect the percentages but I don’t think there will be a single winner to govern,” says Volkan, a young man who expresses himsel...