When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.

There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand.

What if Americans were all judged by the actions of the Bush administration and people did not know the truth? That America is full of people who are, at present, poorly represented and poorly catered to by the media.

My feelings for you shame me into silence.

If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism.

As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote and polite to the point of being invisible. It is in the music, literature, film and art that the Japanese really seem to express themselves.

Those who seek to profit by division don't stand a chance.