Difference is of the essence of humanity.

My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments.

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't change in a week or a fortnight - was the new educational system.

The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people.

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.

Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in order to ensure that they maintained control.

All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality.

Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date.

If you have no intention of loving or being loved, the whole journey is pointless.

For those of you who may be homeschooled: high school is that four-year asylum where they put teenagers because we have no idea what else to do with them.

My love for you it sings, It cries My love for you it dreams, It wake’sMy love for you it gives, It takesMy love for you it lives, But never dies.

What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.

It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today.

Shakira is a talented singer, and I am a huge fan of her.

So many people think you have to be rich and famous to really create an impact, and it's just not true. Especially when it comes to environmentalism.

The best critics leave the reader curious to pursue something further, but still to let the reader have his or her own honest, unique opinion.

There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence.

Dreamers can't be tamed.