Calms my nerves.

I thought I'd cut down on my cigars for a few weeks.

I managed, however, to reduce your punishment.

I won't diminish myself by defending myself from words.

And, certainly, I'm not trying to diminish the impact, the weight, of a person's struggle.

And I don't mean to understate how important it is to restore basic function.

They were brilliant people. I'm not dissing the Neanderthals.

I'm not discounting twentysomething exploration here, but I am discounting exploration that's not supposed to count, which, by the way, is not exploration.

And I hope I shan't upset you if I tell you you've only time for one shot.

And I wouldn't like anything that is said today to suggest that I am diminishing the importance of the responsibility that each individual leader has for their own country.

But I don't want to be disrespectful of those who believe in this belief system, because it comes out of closely held beliefs.

And I wouldn't like anything that is said today to suggest that I am diminishing the importance of the responsibility that each leader has for their own country.

So how can I most undermine and in a sense destroy the way in which we had defined art?