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During World War II you traveled thousands of miles, often at great personal risk, to entertain the troops. Do you think today's celebrities are equally motivated to help our servicemen? I don't think enough is being done by the artists of today. I don't think that they...
You write about the "paradox of periphery." What is that? We've been conditioned to think that our intimates are the most important people in our life. But both in our personal lives and in our business endeavors, the freshest information, the exposure to the most novel experiences, comes from...
Do 12-step programs fit into this? Oh, absolutely. [That's] what sociologists call a single-stranded relationship. It's around an activity, a place - we know [people] from the coffee shop or the gym. We know them because we stuff envelopes with them at a fundraiser. And so AA...
The title ended up suggesting a more sociological account than the book actually presents, and readers expecting a cultural study of depression found instead a very personal account.
"Finally, about North Korea. I've been as annoyed as you have by the Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il. But last week I sent my personal envoy, Dai Bingguo, to Pyongyang, and we told him again that the time has come to sit down and negotiate with you directly. We...