"Gender-based violence is one of the most pervasive and yet least-recognized human rights abuses in the world."

“On almost every issue involving postwar Iraq, [Bush's] assumptions and policies have been wrong. This strange combination of arrogance and incompetence has not only destroyed the hopes for a new Iraq. It has had the much broader effect of turning the United States into an international outlaw.”

Source : "The Price Of Arrogance". www.newsweek.com. May 05, 2004.

“But there is a process that happens when you're making something, be it a musical or a new play. That process takes time, and mistakes will be made along the way, and you will go down and hit dead ends. But it is so public now. Any yahoo with a computer can start a firestorm.”

“You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.”

“I have no truck with lettuce, cabbage, and similar chlorophyll. Any dietitian will tell you that a running foot of apple strudel contains four times the vitamins of a bushel of beans.”

“Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds.”

“America allows us to be able to dream, then gives us the ability to achieve those dreams.”

“It is the broken heart that makes us human in the end.”

“We deserved to lose and it was a good result for us, considering the way we played in the second half.”