The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability.

Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be.

Changes are products of intensive efforts.

..things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems.

The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers.

...one cannot but wonder how an environment can make people despair and sit idle and then, by changing the conditions, one can transform the same people into matchless performers.

Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as no definition at all.

I believe that the emphasis on curbing population growth diverts attention from the more vital issue of pursuing policies that allow the population to take care of itself.

I learned that things are never as complicated as we imagine them to be. It is only our arrogance which seeks to find complicated answers to simple problems.

Yes, the life of an adult entails accepting and in some way being responsible for pain.

He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I admit.

Justice? -- You get justice in the next world. In this one you have the law.

Women were complicated creatures. Any man who thought he had one figured out simply wasn't paying attention.

If we each had to butcher our own meat, there would be a great increase in the number of vegetarians.

If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors.

I have never actually watched 'Glee.' I have heard it is just fantastic.

With me and basketball, it became part of me.

A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.

I love the holiday season, almost as much as I love touching myself in front of orphans.