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We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility. ”
The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix. ”
The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries. ”
Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it. ”
The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change. ”
I'm proposing a change: love thy worker-bee. Celebrate the ones who toil without complaint, play on a team, construct the hive, produce the honey... executing the plan! ”
Novels have much more space than short stories, which gives you more leeway with the number of characters you can include. Even 'furniture' characters can be described and given speaking parts to develop background or atmosphere. ”
If you consistently write 'The sun set' rather than 'The sun sank slowly in the bright western sky,' your story will move three times as fast. Of course, there are times you want the longer version for atmosphere - but not many. Wordiness not only kills pace; it bores readers. ”
Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting. ”
Obama was elected on a slogan of hope and change because both were in short supply: the military exhausted by two wars, the banks failing their public trust, the U.S. Congress a comedy of dysfunction, and a federal government that seemed designed to idle on the sidelines. ”