In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the US and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.

Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.

I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.

Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

Accusations are useless.

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.

Everything that could produce a clash between the Arab world and the West seemed dangerous to me.

In the last few days, I have been the victim of a campaign of slander and shameful lies, a campaign which has deeply shocked and hurt me. Enough is enough.

How far can your imagination take you? I don't know. That's up to you, but I think you should find out.

I'm intrigued by how ordinary behavior exists so close beside its opposite.

I think I do overshare, and I sometimes marvel that I do it. But it's sort of - in a way, it's my way of trying to understand myself.

Quadruped lions are said to be savage, only when they are hungry; biped lions are rarely sulky longer than when their appetite for distinction remains unappeased.

Pressure bursts pipes. I thank God for giving me peace of mind to overcome pressure. The difference between winning and losing is when pressure hits.

Astonishingly, not all girls get dressed just to please men.

My parents were older than normal when they had me, and had been very into the politics of the 1960s, so I was brought up in that atmosphere.

I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me.

It's never easy to set up any business, but it comes back to determination and drive and the love of what you do!

'Be alive,' the land says, 'listen - this is your time, your world, your pleasure.'