"Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world."

“You try and remember, but it never works.”

“I like to think of myself as the running LT. I like to run up the middle and wear defenses down. It's more exciting in between the tackles.”

“I'm somewhat diffident about cuffing television on its rabbit ears for not being something else.”

“Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own which embraces France but is not controlled by France.”

Source : "EU trade chief Peter Mandelson". Interview with Gareth Harding, www.upi.com. April 25, 2005.

“I guess winning an Oscar is the ultimate dream. A lot of amazing actors go their whole career without even being nominated. So that would definitely be a goal to reach. It's a difficult one, but I'm aiming for it!”

“John Kerry met with Ralph Nader last week. Both sides of every issue were discussed. And then, Nader spoke.”

“We could call you an ambisexual. A duosexual. A—” “Do I really have to find a word for it?” Kyle interrupts. “Can’t it just be what it is?” “Of course,” I say, even though in the bigger world I’m not so sure. The world loves stupid labels. I wish we got to choose our own. We pause for a moment. I wonder if that’s all—if he just needed to say the truth and have it heard. But then Kyle looks at me with unsure eyes and says, “You see, I don’t know who I’m supposed to be.” “Nobody does,” I assure him.”

“Lift up yourselves, men, take yourselves out of the mire and hitch your hopes to the very stars themselves. Let no man pull you down, let no man destroy your ambition, because man is but your companion, your equal; man is your brother; he is not your Lord, he is not your sovereign master.”

Source : Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.58, Ravenio Books