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" It's hard to think of any tool, any instrument, any object in history with which so many developed so close a relationship so quickly as we have with our phones. "

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" Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager. "

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" It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace. "

" Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop any discipline. "

" Pour a liquid out of its container, and it changes shape, fills the space you give it. If you give children a lot of space, it may surprise you where they'll go and the shape they'll take. "

" George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. "

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" The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it. "

" I'm sentimental about many things: the lumpy feel of a baby's unused feet, the metallic smell of the air before the first snow, the last scene in 'It's a Wonderful Life.' But Valentine's Day leaves me cold. "

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" Most of us were probably less than immaculately honest as teenagers; it's practically encoded into adolescence that you savor your secrets, dress in disguise, carve out some space for experiments and accidents and all the combustible lab work of becoming who you are. "

" Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks when you're not looking. "

" Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do. "

" War is being waged all across the country against the invasive plant and animal species - some 50,000 of them - now spreading across the U.S. "

" All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends. "

" The crossroads of science and politics is a dodgy place. "

" At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV. "

" Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves. "

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" A good president needs a big comfort zone. He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and grief, stay cool under the hot lights. "

" Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal? "

" When National Guardsmen shot four unarmed students at Kent State, virtually the entire system of higher education shuddered and stopped. "

" High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others. "

" In design as in life, smart can also mean wise, kind, inspiring - and cost-effective. And that has a charm all its own. "

" Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets. "

" Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament. "

" Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis. "

" It's always been a luxury to be able to hop a plane to Paris, to Venice, to the Grand Canyon. "

" Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have. "

" Right now, doctors can test for about 2,500 medical conditions, but they only can treat about 500 of those. So what do you do with the knowledge about the others? "

" Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped into a longing among voters. They didn't want to picture themselves turning down their thermostats and buttoning up their cardigans. They wanted to strut again. Reagan opened his arms and said, 'Walk this way.' "

" The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people. "

" On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere. "

" I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm? "