people power

Immigrants are a source of energy to a country.

two worst students

The two worst students in any class will be the one who knows it all already and the one who thinks s/he knows nothing about the subject.

dress is not what matters

Sorry, I didn’t notice your earrings, your hairstyle, your makeup, your dress—I was waiting for you to speak.

style is

Fashion is for followers, while those with style just carry on.

unpleasant surprise

The happiest people are not the ones who accept the inevitability of death, rather the happiest are those who react to death as though it was an unpleasant surprise.

dance it out

What I like most about dancing is that I’m least myself in the act.

comes round

The chief’s headdress was modelled after a roulette wheel.

the way back

He was one to turn on a heel at the verge of an abyss, then looking back over the wasteland he’d traveled, started walking.

instrumental

Someone with a guitar can always keep their household warm.

intimacies of exercise

Perhaps the greatest benefit of exercise is that it reconnects the mind and body in a way that could be described as intimate if not sexual. After exercise the mind and body share a release similar to satisfied lovers.

divine thinking

Often it’s the non-believer who spends more time thinking about God than does his faithful counterpart.

trophy case

Its skyscrapers are the city’s trophies, and the skyline its trophy case.

anchor store

You knew the mall was in trouble when a thrift store was its anchor.

fear inducing

Braids of garlic and silver crosses, what are the things that repel influencers? Because whenever I hear the word ‘influencer’ I shudder.

wavering equal sign

Even if it should waver like the sign for approximately, love is the equal sign between us.

right becomes wrong

Because people have so many rights, they’re bound to do wrong.

no audience

These days there is no reason to drop a serious film into local theatres. The audience that attends those venues just wouldn’t understand.

bad company

In my early twenties I realized I’d fallen into a bad crowd: friends who were interested in joining the country club.

not so many

The time has passed when one could/would be a true polymath.

first pax

Peace is the necessary condition of any paradise.