Children come into the world with a lot of personality already imbedded in them.

My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim.

You have to have a government that does give both money and energy to function in a leadership role modeling giving for the people. Government is supposed to lead by example in many cases.

Government should exist in order to help fortify the country and make those who are in need better able to meet their own.

I absolutely do believe that we need to not be so myopic. We ought to throw open widely the windows on the world in order to learn more about it.

You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something and have a certain optimism.

Faith and optimism come from love.

The world is intertwined and we therefore have to be gentle in the way that we treat one another and the Earth, so that our impact on others is benevolent and good.

Government that's not particularly caring and is hands off is not particularly inspiring.

Meanness is the one thing I do get upset about on those rare occasions when I see it.

That's a powerful way to love, when you accept your children, however they emerge, with all their peculiarities.

Strength isn't about what you can and cannot achieve. It’s about what you will and will not do in order to achieve.

…he quit drinking coffee, and naturally, his brain stopped working.

I do not mind lying but I hate inaccuracy.

You just want to love Tim Matheson and just cuddle him. He's really - and he's gorgeous. He has much in common with [Ronald Reagan] Reagan's outward persona.

Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I'm very fortunate.

Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

There's still a bit of a problem, in that so many leading English roles are taken by American or French actresses.

I do have 14 tattoos, but I also do come home every single night and watch reality TV with my cat.

Beautiful soup! Who cares for fish, game or any other dish? Who would not give all else for two pennyworth of beautiful soup?

I would go back to the past and watch one of the early Beatles shows, because they were such a massive part of cultural history. As a younger person, you feel you missed out on that.