"The precondition of success and entry to the top politics is primarily one's will - that is, making one's own decisions, because it means having to leave your home or move your family, quit social networking and build new contacts, [since] central governments are seated in capitals."

“To a chemist, nothing on earth is unclean. A writer must be as objective as a chemist; he must abandon the subjective line; he must know that dungheaps play a very respectable part in a landscape, and that evil passions are as inherent in life as good ones.”

“There's definitely the desire out there for young people who want to make the movies.”

Source : "Director Henry Selick Comic-Con Interview – Talks CORALINE and Next Project". Collider Interview, collider.com. July 25, 2009.

“I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?”

“That's what this war is all about, my friend. It's about which of us is the crazier.And clearly you British have an advantage.You were crazy beforehand.”

“Computers are no more able to create information than iPods are capable of creating music.”

Source : "Signature in the Cell". Book by Stephen C. Meyer, 2009.

“Dance is an art that imprints on the soul. It is with you every moment, it expresses itself in everything you do.”

“A soulmate is someone to whom we feel profoundly connected, as though the communicating and communing that take place between us were not the product of intentional efforts, but rather a divine grace.”

Source : Thomas Moore (1994). “Soul Mates: Honouring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship”, HarperElement

“Leaders who insulate themselves from others and choose to bear their burdens single-handedly are destined for loneliness and burnout. Leaders, like everyone else, need friends and perhaps in light of the load they carry, even more so.”