Tonight I feel like a shooting star, but I hope my shine will last much longer.

Passion in every word I wrote, passion in every single thought.

It is so simple: the choices we make in our everyday lives, the things we do (or not) for others, define the world we live in.

There is no greater joy than to share what you love with those who appreciate it.

No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out.

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill.

When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you.

There are very few profound sayings in the world.

For fifty years now, we have tried big government. Yet too many people remain trapped in despair. Now, we must try a new way.

Only when I saw the Earth from space, in all its ineffable beauty and fragility, did I realize that humankind's most urgent task is to cherish and preserve it for future generations.

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.

In the role of Miss Munim, I had credibility as an individual.