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Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

We have a group of friends of the museum who try to raise, if they can, periodically something to help us. Of course, the main thing about a building like this is its upkeep. It needs central heating and it needs central air conditioning.

I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!

What good is a dream house if you haven't got a dream?

I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.

Abuse is abuse; Be nice.. Harsh words don't break bones but they often break hearts.

Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose, these are the things that mar or bless the sum of human happiness.

The deeper I went into culture, the more confused I got. So I needed something more real. I said, "Okay, from now on, my country will be cinema."

Don't whine, complain, or make excuses.

The best apology against false accusers is silence.

We [americans] need to control our border just like people have to control who goes in and out of their house.

High level womanness occurs and is freed when the filters and the boundaries in your womanness are no longer of use to you. As a woman you then move as your own Being.

I'm not where I'm supposed to be, I'm not what I want to be, But I'm not what I used to be. I haven't learned how to arrive; I've just learned how to keep going

Stay focused, ignore the distractions, and you will accomplish your goals much faster.

Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it's changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown, I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries, and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water's edge.

Wherever we go we do harm, forgiving ourselves as wheels do cement for wearing each other out. We set this house on fire, forgetting that we live within. (from "To a Meadowlark," for M.L. Smoker)

The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.

The court does not fly off the handle. It does not shout abuse. It speaks calmly.

I didn't really think of myself as being a muse.

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.

Whatever you do, don't ever use a crutch, and don't ever think of having an excuse for not having said, 'Yeah, I did my best.'

When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.

The search for causes must come after the collection of facts.