When I slept it was literally in the midst of an arsenal. If I HEARD dogs bark more fiercely than USUAL, or the feet of horses in a greater VOLUME of SOUND than usual, I STOOD to arms.

I am compelled, because of my FAITH, to have COMPASSION for the WEAK and VULNERABLE in our MIDST.

When Corporate AMERICA finds a Jayson Blair in its midst, the standard OPERATING procedure is to CIRCLE the wagons and deny that any form of liability extends up the CHAIN of COMMAND.

They are few in the MIDST of an overwhelming mass of brute FORCE, and their SUBMISSION is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be ROBBED by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense.

As a photographer, I don't REALLY have a view of the world in general. Someone taking PICTURES for 'National Geographic' MIGHT. Each of us works to our full capacity when we're in the midst of a SHOOT. Each of us finds our own level of intensity, and that's the fun of it.

It is in the MIDST of disasters that BOLD MEN GROW bolder.

The HEART is GREAT which shows MODERATION in the midst of prosperity.

We are in the midst of an exciting canvass... I am WORKING very hard in politics as well as in other matters. We are determined that Mississippi SHALL be SETTLED on a basis of justice and POLITICAL and LEGAL equality.

The CHALLENGE in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching GOAL in the MIDST of the cacophony of OPINIONS at the bargaining table.

In the midst of observing the world and COMING to consciousness, I was becoming a writer, and what I wanted to PUT on the PAGE were the stories of PEOPLE who LOOKED like me.

Vets do what doctors used to - diagnose the INJURY or the condition, patch it up as best they can and remind you that these THINGS happen and that in life we are ALSO in the MIDST of death.

In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so FAST that oftentimes people search for WHATEVER the EASIEST way to FEEL relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have ENERGY.

But sometimes in the midst of worry, anxiety and hard work, it has been pretty hard to BEAR all these false REPORTS going about the country - to see my FRIENDS ALIENATED and being made to believe things that were absolutely false.