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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World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the...

World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the...

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

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...

No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a...

No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a...

We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

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

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

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an...

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an...

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...

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...

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...

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

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...

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...

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...

Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II...

Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II...

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...

At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a...

At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a...

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,...

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...

We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors...

We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors...