If something goes wrong in an at-bat, you can't worry about the past. I go up there thinking that no read more

If something goes wrong in an at-bat, you can't worry about the past. I go up there thinking that no one can beat me. Just know that the pitcher isn't going to beat you every at-bat. In baseball, you can fail 70 percent of the time and that means you're a great hitter.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself

It (BHP) had first proposed that the wheat be provided on a deferred payment plan, and it had been advised read more

It (BHP) had first proposed that the wheat be provided on a deferred payment plan, and it had been advised by DFAT that that would be outside the UN sanctions and a breach of them.

Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't read more

Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't always get what you want.

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material read more

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized.

We had 10 dropped passes. Shane easily could have had 400 passing yards. And that's no surprise at all. He's read more

We had 10 dropped passes. Shane easily could have had 400 passing yards. And that's no surprise at all. He's an unbelievable athlete.

I try to be a good parent. I've probably repressed my kids more than I should have, protecting them overly. read more

I try to be a good parent. I've probably repressed my kids more than I should have, protecting them overly. I never hit them. I yelled a lot.

Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no read more

Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no birds. If you saw something move, it was either a dog or a cat. They clung onto trees. We would bark like dogs and the dogs would bark back at us. I took a speakerphone to amplify my voice.

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature read more

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.