My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

The House bill is a little harsher, maybe. ... It's just the fiscal reality. Is it doom and gloom? I don't think so. I think we've been in some false fiscal reality, and all schools are just feeling the impact of health insurance and technology costs.

What goes on inside isn't ever the same as what goes on outside.

Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence. Time and distance blur the edges; then suddenly the beloved has arrived, and it's noon with its merciless light, and every spot and pore and wrinkle and bristle stands clear.

Hope is the denial of reality.

When it comes to what other, big employers are there, it's a short list. From a reality standpoint, what will drive that (west side) market is the density of jobs within that area, or within a 10- to 20-minute commute.