She learned early on, in her adopted country, that race was an easy excuse to stop awkward explanations. People hesitated to probe into such a sensitive matter.

We all handle loss in our individual ways, grieve in all kinds of ways. We all go through feeling okay sometimes, but other times, we feel so bad we hurt ourselves or those around us.

In the conventional storyline, I’m supposed to be the one slaying dragons to save you, the princess in distress. So, you see, I feel odd being the rescued.

Time appears to be most wasted when someone seeks truth in lies

She might have been there for you in the aftermath, but I was there when everything came crashing down.

Well, I miss my wife, you know, " I said. "But I also miss the feeling of, I don’t know, comfort. The sense you’re where you’re supposed to be, with someone you’re supposed to be with.

The most important thing... is not clicking the shutter... it is clicking with the subject.

People ask me, "How do I succeed?" Whatever it is they do, I say, "Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you'll be getting there." Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.

Very strange people, physicists - in my experience the ones who aren't dead are in some way very ill.

For the first time I feel really free.

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.

With economic opportunity, sometimes it's making sure that if they're not in a place where they can have good jobs, that when they have economic opportunity, they have digital tools to use.

Currently, 94 out of 100 of us pay the Social Security tax all year round.