He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and read more

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with read more

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

The idea came to me in a dream.

The idea came to me in a dream.

That somehow they can't shut up -- that they're dangerous, ... That somehow you get them in a room and read more

That somehow they can't shut up -- that they're dangerous, ... That somehow you get them in a room and they are just going to start spouting classified information to somebody who is an enemy of the United States.

They are absolutely delighted with the settlement.

They are absolutely delighted with the settlement.

Mississippi officials have taken some important first steps toward reform, ... Despite some initial progress, we have been unable to read more

Mississippi officials have taken some important first steps toward reform, ... Despite some initial progress, we have been unable to obtain agreement on an in-court settlement.

It's a terrible way to lose. You get down 5-4 with a minute left and score a goal. That's a read more

It's a terrible way to lose. You get down 5-4 with a minute left and score a goal. That's a good way to get a point but a bad way to lose.

Fully 93 percent of the tax relief in our bill goes to taxpayers with annual incomes under $100,000, 76 percent read more

Fully 93 percent of the tax relief in our bill goes to taxpayers with annual incomes under $100,000, 76 percent goes to taxpayers with incomes under $75,000, ... If ever there was a tax plan for America's forgotten middle class, this is it.

One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most read more

One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most of them. They did it out of genuine interest but today's kids are much more materialistic and there's a danger, I suppose, that they might just be out to make dosh.