It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.
“Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.”
“When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet.”