To Me, Working Is A Form Of

Truth And News Are Not The Same Thing.

What I Essentially Did Was To Put One Foot In Front Of The Other, Shut My Eyes And Step Off The Ledge. The Surprise Was That I Landed On My Feet.

A Mistake Is Simply Another Way Of Doing Things

For More Than Eight Decades, Washington Has Been My Hometown. ... It Is A City That Offers Me More People -- More Different Kinds Of People -- Than I Could Otherwise Possibly Have Come To Know In A Lifetime: The Native Washingtonian, The Local Merchant, The Foreign Diplomat, The Ever-present Tourist, The Public Servant, The Journalist, The President, The Friend.

The Longer I Live, The More I Observe That Carrying Around Anger Is The Most Debilitating To The Person Who Bears It.