Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.

What i took away from witnessing the broken climbers in Moshi was this: *Everything is easy until it isn't.*

I ceased to serve a king and began, instead, to serve a kingdom.

My mother was an activist so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.

Students and postdoctoral fellows largely depend on the support of the public sector to finance the training and research that will make them world-renowned scientists.

Don't mistake kindness for weakness, baby.

As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?

I started in musicals. My first professional experience was Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' in Palm Springs.

A trapped soul waits for redemption. It waits. And waits. For her to take her last breath.

Later, when they were almost asleep he had called out to her. 'Finke?' 'Yeah?' 'We'll make a great team. You plant. I build.

In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.