"[Ho Chi Minh] was always conscious that conditions in China and Vietnam were not always the same. He "kowtowed" to the Chinese - as he had to the Soviet Union - in order to receive their assistance, but he quietly worked to limit those forms of influence of which he did not approve (such as the harsh forms of land reform and the Great Leap Forward). Unfortunately, he was not always successful in fending off those forms of external advice that he didn't agree with."

“Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?”

“I just don't think it's true that people can't do something else after they've done something that seems so permanent.”

Source : "Ex-'Blue's Clues' host Steve Burns an indie rocker at heart" by Joe Dangelo, www.mtv.com. April 29, 2002.

“I miss him already. He was a unique person and a dear friend. If a record came on the radio, you'd know it was Waylon Jennings.”

“I've always assumed he'd be around to be, you know, yelled at and taken for granted. And of course I was wrong. Nobody's going to put up with that forever.”

Source : MaryJanice Davidson (2005). “Undead and Unappreciated: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.204, Penguin

“On the first tee I kept telling myself, "Trust yourself, you can do it."”

Source : "CNN Lou Dobbs Moneyline", www.cnn.com. May 22, 2003.

“I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.”

“Harmony can not thrive in a climate of mistrust, cheating, bullying; mean-spirited competition.”

“Your parents are the parents you know best. Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the brother and sister you know best. They may not be the ones you like the best. They may not be the most interesting, but they are the closest and probably the clearest to you.”