My early years as a 'speaker' involved note cards that shook like a leaf while I held them because I was so nervous.
What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.
You can prepare a list of the qualities you would want in your ideal partner and fall in love with someone totally opposite.
Compare sending someone a text message and getting a love letter delivered by carrier pigeon. No contest.
What was shocking to us was that by spreading the energy out across seven beams instead of one, the phototoxicity went way down.
In order to be great in this game, you have to be good for a really long time, and to be good, you have to constantly win.
Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.
I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.