There was something about this place that brought out the best and worst in you, pushing you to extremes.

The water. The lake. It flows through our veins, and there's nothing we can do about it… It's like venom.

She felt a strong pull toward the water and it was more than curiosity…

One day I'll be as strong as people think I am.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

The mirror can lie. Doesn't show you what's inside. And it, it can tell you you're full of life. It's amazing what you can hide just by putting on a smile.

I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.

Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity. [Fr., Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospere et s'aigrit dans l'adversite.]

Quotes are like prompts. A way of searching, connecting the dots.

I think about my own daily choices every day in terms of how to find happiness.

If there is one thing I have learned on this incredible journey we call life, it is this: the sign of a truly successful individual is humility.

I've always loved black culture; I don't know any other way to put it. Since I was a kid I loved music and early jazz, Sly and the Family Stone.