Remember, second chances don't expire until midnight.

Some people swear there's no beauty left in the world, no magic. Then how do you explain the entire world coming together on one night to celebrate the hope of a new year?

I feel as if they are somewhere between movement and stillness, and thus in possession of a certain energy.

Listen to what speaks to your heart.

In economic terms, we've always thought of work as a disutility - as something you do to get something else. Now it's increasingly a utility - something that's valuable and worthy in its own right.

The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.

I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries.

We must become the people we want our children to be.

One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous.

I am a survivor and not a victim. Life isn't perfect. When you get a knock, you have to get up, dust yourself down and get on with it.

Because youve done the horrible jobs, it gives you an even grittier determination to succeed.

Speech is the mirror of action.

Do it, fix it, try it.