I couldn't wait to look at someone who shared my genes. I thought my baby was going to provide a decoder key to my past. But then I looked at Pippa and realized no she's actually the key to my future.
I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.
The discussion in Washington has changed dramatically. I mean it's no longer a question of should we address entitlements - it's no longer a question of do we need to reduce spending in the future.
I'm not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future and my view is that Africa will return to being African and not European. The advent of colonialism was foreign to the country itself but it will return to what it was before the Europeans arrived.
Healthy children are born from healthy respected well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.
The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Like I always say one doesn't know what can happen in the future but if it were up to me to decide I would stay at Barcelona for the rest of my career.
There is an opportunity for us to renew ourselves. There's an opportunity for us to leave the past behind and present something different for the future.
If we wish our state's growth to continue then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce.
The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons.
The strange thing about Africa is how past present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz if you like.