The facts are always less than what really happened.

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I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed...

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

A desert is a place without expectation.

A desert is a place without expectation.

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid...

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid...

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of...

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

He is responsible because of the conspiracy and the plots for all that happened to...

He is responsible because of the conspiracy and the plots for all that happened to...

Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and...

Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and...

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind,...

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind,...