He made his film debut in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and received critical praise for his performance in Prefontaine (1997).

And they agreed, and between the time I saw this place and the next time I went, there was a terrible accident. A man, an old man, fell asleep, and his quilt dropped in a pan of fire that kept him warm.

Theories about China s attitude toward North Korea often begin and end with the view that what the country fears, above all, is an inflow of refugees in the event of a North Korean collapse a spillover that could rend the delicate ethnic quilt of China s northeast provinces.

Syria s problem is not simply Assad s presence in power removing his regime would not by itself harmonize the interests embedded in the country s patchwork quilt of ethnic and sectarian identities. A far more sustained and thoughtful consideration of Syria s future, and how the country will be governed democratically, is needed.

So to invoke another metaphor, if you imagine social networks as a kind of vast fabric of humanity I'm connected to you and you to her, on out endlessly into the distance this fabric is actually like an old fashioned American quilt, and it has patches on it happy and unhappy patches.