We have this rising nation China. And one of the things we want to do is make sure that China's neighbors are actually bound to us, bound to the United States.

We can choose our friends, but we can't choose our neighbors.

For a thousand years, Vietnam was a part of China. And that thousand years is punctuated throughout by rebellions from Vietnam.

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.

I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous.

People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

I'd describe myself as a sexual libertarian - but I'm not a libertine. "To each his own" is my motto.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

The best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.

There’s no longer a superpower standoff. But there are real problems that divide countries around the world. And the UN is still the place where we can get together and try and discuss them.

Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time.