This question about Iraq has gotten personal.

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

Take the military option off the table - we have already seen it doesn't work.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.

Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain.

The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when referring to teachers.

Your habits and hygiene demonstrate how you feel about yourself. Without saying a word, they speak for you.

Whoever thought the future would feel so much like the present?

You can't be creative and still be a good girl.

I love doing things people don't expect. The fans will be well fed.

What were you doing with her?" I ask quietly. "Apart from questioning her about your whereabouts, I was listening to the most intriguing story about my life moonlighting as a kidnapper.

The best material model of a cat is another, or preferably the same, cat.

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.