But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past.

The 2nd law of thermodynamics has the same degree of truth as the statement that if you throw a tumblerful of water into the sea, you cannot get the same tumblerful of water out again.

James Clerk Maxwell

The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it.

Robert Coover

He who has never hoped can never despair.

George Bernard Shaw

As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.

Hank Stram

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have it depends solely on what you think.

Dale Carnegie

A young imagination is bold, likes to make bigger leaps. It likes to, well, imagine that the dustbuster is a dinosaur that the computer mouse is a hotrod that the box is a cave that the rawhide is a torch... or a baton... or something.

Mo Rocca

History overflows time. Love overflows the allowance of the world. All the vessels overflow, and no end or limit stays put. Every shakable thing has got to be shaken. In a sense, nothing that was ever lost in Port William ever has been replaced. In another sense, nothing is ever lost, and we are compacted together forever, even by our failures, our regrets, and our longings.

Wendell Berry

Punctuality is the thief of time. Wilde I never travel without my diary. One should always have Something sensational to read in the train.

Oscar Wilde

Do not make prayer a monologue -- make it a conversation.

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My mom and I are very close.

Lady Gaga

I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter how much money you have, if you want to stay involved with your children and don't want to lose being a primary parent to them, you're still in the game.

Patricia Richardson

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

Henrik Ibsen