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During his brief tenure, President Kennedy may have authorized more covert interventions in Latin America than any other postwar president—including Ronald Reagan, who fomented wars in Central America.6

as they watched him grasp

awkwardness, there were traces of grace and strength as he

Nor does this understanding require a prolonged grounding in the not yet established laws of psychology. Following the moves made by a chess-player is not doing anything remotely resembling problematic psychological diagnosis.

For this theory is just another unsuccessful attempt to wriggle out of a perfectly mythical dilemma.

information is perishable, lasting no longer than the structure to which it refers, just as the bathwater I was sitting in as I recalled all this would no longer be my bathwater once it ran down the plughole.

a most Gallant Company of Gentleman Adventurers'.32

The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?

Aristotle wrote that metaphor is the hallmark of genius.

It's so funny, because right now I'm very tired and my brains a little dead, I tend to get very focused and serious. So, I'm probably coming off a lot more like Scully right now.

My knowledge of video games ends with Nintendo 'Mario Bros.'

What does it mean to love unconditionally? Are you obligated to love someone when you are experiencing their behavior as emotionally abusive? Is emotional abuse real if the cause is grief or a mental health issue? Can something be a mental health issue and potentially true at the same time? Was

Art cannot save anybody from anything," wrote Gilbert Sorrentino

I usually just have one cat. It is difficult, but I have my one cat that he'll travel with me if it's appropriate, if I'm not going overseas.

I knew I could always earn money from a job. What I didn't know was could I extend the dream of writing beyond my trip?

She was known there and the chaos on the street was more predictable and less personal than the pain at home.

It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.

These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while on the other hand too much effort and diligence sometimes saps the vitality and powers of those who never know when to leave off.

escribía sus Elogios de los escritores célebres

No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.

The most important of these functions are those of governing Blood and housing the Mind (Shen). Most

If, as my mother used to say, a secret is a shame or a treasure, these were treasures.

I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.

Tonight A parapet of breeze tonight on which to lean my melancholy