“Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.” IfsWayCountryHugeDirectPaidOilIndirectDeferenceSuppliersDirect And Indirect Author:R. James Woolsey, Jr.
“There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because it permits and encourages self-knowledge in a way that is less indirect than fiction, more open and speculative.” WaySelfFictionTraditionalPermitGrainSelf KnowledgeTextureIndirectEssayists Author:Charles J. Shields