I was on the high school track team, believe it or not, and played baseball, poorly but passionately.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.

I'm not any kind of social reformer.

I remember being in the public library and my jaw just aching as I looked around at all those books I wanted to read. There just wasn't time enough to read everything I wanted to read.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

You can't travel the back roads very long without discovering a multitude of gentle people doing good for others with no expectation of gain or recognition. The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines. Some people out there spend their whole lives selflessly.