Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure. – Roland Barthes
Ive always enjoyed traveling and having experience with different cultures and different people. But its also a wonderful thing to be able to benefit and enable research, not only in our country but around the world. – Laurel Clark