"One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care."

“Don't tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let's just have another look at Italy's winning goalo.”

“A straight line can readily be drawn among each of the two series of points corresponding to maxima and minima, thus showing that there is a simple relation between the brightness of the variables and their periods.”

Source : "Periods of 25 Variable Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud". Harvard College Observatory Circular, vol. 173, (pp. 1-3), 1912.

“There's no point in swanning through and being cool as a breeze in every scene. It's not really that interesting. Even if you're a superhero.”

“Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.”

Source : TIME Interview, content.time.com. April 29, 2007.

“To some, challenges are exhausting. To others, they are opportunities in waiting.”

Source : Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.45, Penguin

“I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society.”

“We all must learn to dig down deep inside, trust that inner voice, and not be afraid to face and forgive ourselves.”

“There is no cash in battling evil: just the opposite in my experience”