"I think fundamentally the bigger question is, what are we expecting peacekeepers to do? Are they actually, as the traditional conception would have it, keeping peace, in which case they're not there to actively intervene and stop violence? When we send them into these places, do we expect they will respond forcefully?"

“We have to devise means of making known the facts in such a way as to touch the imagination of the world”

“[A]s we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact in our economy or for America's working families. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family - and raising the minimum wage will provide that opportunity.”

Source : "Raise the minimum wage" by Tom Harkin, www.politico.com. June 24, 2013.

“Some sounds are coming from the keyboard and they are very important in the writing process, but on the other hand, we have melody and we have the song before, so if the keyboard sound fits very well, it takes its artistic direction. We play the machines and the machines play us.”

“Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs: Despite the artful tensions of the calendar, The life insurance, the tabled fertility rites, The costly aversion of the eyes from death- Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs.”

“I'm not stupid. I can tell what's what.”

Source : "St-Pierre, Diaz go at it on conference call". www.espn.com. March 8, 2013.

“O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-of silk-worm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!”

“Peace is important for Israel.”

“I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.”