Had I started anywhere else but Vancouver I would not be here tonight.

Had I started anywhere else but Vancouver I would not be here tonight.

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving read more

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

He is not in a position to be able to assist us adequately with his defense. So hopefully in the read more

He is not in a position to be able to assist us adequately with his defense. So hopefully in the next six months or so he'll be in a position where he fully understands what's going on and he's able to offer the type of assistance that we need to represent him in this case.

I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old read more

I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.

We love the concept of someone becoming a star through a process that started with their local radio stations. For read more

We love the concept of someone becoming a star through a process that started with their local radio stations. For us the Showdown is like having hundreds of talent scouts evaluating tens of thousands of artists.

Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am read more

Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am bound to take care of.

We have to plant new ones for the next centuries.

We have to plant new ones for the next centuries.

I really haven't had much time for it to hit me hard.

I really haven't had much time for it to hit me hard.

The plain truth is that the reporter's trade is for young men. Your feet, which do the legwork, are nine read more

The plain truth is that the reporter's trade is for young men. Your feet, which do the legwork, are nine times more important than your head, which fits the facts into a coherent pattern.