Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.

A dialogue among civilizations can be seen as a dialogue between the individual and the universal.

A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankinds heritage.

I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.

I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world.

If you're training in a combat sport, deliciousness takes a backseat.

To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whole point of androgyny, and for that matter, feminism: in both, the whole point is choice.

I read 'Dracula' in high school. I've been around vampires forever.

Surround yourself with people of like mind and different talents and temperaments with the purpose of serving the goals of every member of the group. Associate with these people on a regular basis.

I have a form of ESP that allows me to consistently pick losing lottery numbers, and generally make poor life choices.

Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It lives in what we do for ourselves and for others.

Fur used to turn heads, now it turns stomachs.

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.