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...that, sometimes I wish I could just walk through a garden or a forest and be happy. But no, when I do I want to take a picture, then I want to write a poem. Sometimes I wish I could just relax, and appreciate life without wanting to continually transform all the good that I see into something else. But I think that's why I've always talked about the blessing and curse of being an artist - you have this special gift, but on the other hand you're never satisfied. The only time I have respite is when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patti Smith — Artistic Triple Threat | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

Batmanghelidjh tends to agree. Love and understanding, she thinks, can transform problem kids into responsible members of society. It's not an idea that appeals to all Britons. Indeed, many British adults seem to view children as an entirely separate species...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Mean Streets | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

...Afghanistan was plainly being won - so that many of those in uniform could spend all their time building schools and giving vaccine shots. Indeed, in the most recent issue of Parameters, the U.S. Army's professional journal, Zachary Selden notes that "Many of the capabilities required to transform the current security environment ... are no longer military but civilian. Europe has latent civilian capabilities that ... would make NATO more balanced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Alliance Of the Unwilling | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

...character of wood. He can discern the weight, pliancy and even the width of the rings of a piece of wood by look, feel or the knocking sound it makes. He can harvest a dozen or so promising blocks out of a thousand he might examine--and then transform them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Isokazu Kubota | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...Congress had shattered spending records and exploded the deficit. When they hailed freedom, Paul asked why they all supported the Patriot Act and other expansions of executive power. And when they called themselves conservatives, Paul asked what was so conservative about sending thousands of young Americans to try to transform the Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Ron Paul Scares the GOP | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

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