He describes himself as a mild depressive, and he goes through just terrible suffering, much of it self-generated. And yet read more

He describes himself as a mild depressive, and he goes through just terrible suffering, much of it self-generated. And yet he's also an extremely buoyant person who finds a great deal in life to entertain and instruct and amuse him. He has a kind of vivacity about him. He's very funny, and he's very obsessed with certain themes.

My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I read more

My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past, I shall live differently, and living differently does not mean living with less attention to the things that make life gracious and pleasant or with less enjoyment of things of the mind.

They felt like losing the school was losing the community really.

They felt like losing the school was losing the community really.

By broadening their programming (with more entertainment-oriented shows) and still keeping it under the legal drama umbrella that their niche read more

By broadening their programming (with more entertainment-oriented shows) and still keeping it under the legal drama umbrella that their niche is, they've been able to generate higher ratings. They've certainly raised the profile in the buying community with these types of programs, and to separate the two helps distinguish one from the other, so you have an entertainment network that's still Court TV with legal type of programming.

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

When I get on that field, I am faster than any defensive back there. I really am _ I get read more

When I get on that field, I am faster than any defensive back there. I really am _ I get open and I get separation.

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the read more

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

You don't enjoy it when he gets you out and makes you look a monkey. But if you get runs read more

You don't enjoy it when he gets you out and makes you look a monkey. But if you get runs against him, you enjoy that because you know you've certainly earned them.

The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is read more

The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is one who has found the right road.