Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.

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To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

These men were wrongfully rejected, the veterans. The fighting man should never have been blamed...

These men were wrongfully rejected, the veterans. The fighting man should never have been blamed...

People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to...

People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to...

I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in...

I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in...

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole...

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole...

I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI,...

I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI,...

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with...

Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with...

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we...

We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we...

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively...

There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively...

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same...

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same...

You remember all those phrases about how hese people - Asians - don't value human...

You remember all those phrases about how hese people - Asians - don't value human...

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the...

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the...

I think you have to remember that Americans saw their purpose as so innately good...

I think you have to remember that Americans saw their purpose as so innately good...

The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater...

The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater...

It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is...

It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is...