From 1975 to 1979 - through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor - the Khmer Rouge systematically killed an estimated two million Cambodians, almost a fourth of the country's population.

I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it.

Voting is not only our right, it is our power. When we vote, we take back our power to choose, to speak up, and to stand with those who support us and each other.

Courage is when you dare to be yourself, in whatever ways you want to be - to not be afraid, to just do it.

In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means.

I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.

In America there's a saying that children should be seen and not heard, .. In Cambodia, children should not be seen nor heard because you would not survive.

When I started to live in simplicity my life became peaceful, joyful, and blissful.

My body is an ugly masterpiece that lives off the beauty of sound.

I do think that at least when we're thinking about ourselves as living, conscious, human beings we are dynamic wholes.

Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP, and it may prove to be the mountain-too-high for Barack Obama's campaign.

Nothing exists if a store doesn't buy it and you're not able to get it.

Telling writers to shut up is a sure way to keep them talking.

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

The real magic wand is the child's own mind.

He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy.