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.

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.

...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.

You're gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul

In the end, it mattered not that you could not close your mind. It was your heart that saved you.

Language is a virus from outer space

How do I say 'kiss me' in French?" she whispered."Embrasse moi."Oh yes, even that sounded better in French.

Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine.

This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan out, I had my hammer and tool belt, banging nails again tomorrow if I had to.

Inuyasha: Just shut up and let me protect you!

I never felt I was incapable of succeeding because I felt confident I could always learn what I needed to know.

I'm way different than I was last year. You learn something new every year. I learned a whole lot from last season and a whole lot from this season. I'm still learning.

I don't like to play the same set every night. I think the band would prefer the same 12 songs, to be honest, but if I get bored, then I think the audience gets bored too.