"The idea of perfection can be a tyrant you should overthrow, to gain your freedom."

“Cuban mechanics obviously have to be the best mechanics in the world.They're going to figure out all sorts of things to do.”

Source : "In Cuba, Hints of Dramatic Change Emerge from Fidel Castro". "PBS Newshour" with Margaret Warner, www.pbs.org. September 15, 2010.

“She was the first woman in my life to convince me to fall in love with her.”

“I cannot give it to you, so try to watch me.”

“We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.”

Source : "I Am a Bitch!" by Tabatha Coffey, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2012.

“Where flowers bloom so does hope.”

“My body may have been abused, but it certainly hasn't been neglected.”

“Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin.”

“George Kennan and Paul Nitze were the Adams and Jefferson of the Cold War. They were there for the beginning, they witnessed its course over almost half a century, and they argued with each other constantly while it was going on. But they maintained throughout a remarkable friendship, demonstrating-as few others in our time have-that it is possible to differ with civility. Nicholas Thompson's is a fine account of that relationship, carefully researched, beautifully written, and evocatively suggestive of how much we have lost because such civility has become so rare.”