"One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries."

“To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits to human understanding.”

“I go and see music all the time.”

“When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people; hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves.”

Source : "'Matched' Author Ally Condie Explains Why Dystopian Novels Rock", www.mtv.com. May 6, 2011.

“International politics, by and large, are a depressing study.”

“Your life is your own, your glory is your glory, but you will lose it if you keep it for yourself. Grasp it for the sake of others...”

Source : N. D. Wilson (2009). “Dandelion Fire: Book 2 of the 100 Cupboards”, p.341, Random House Books for Young Readers

“One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.”

“Screen credit is valuable only when it's given you. If you're in a position to give yourself credit, you don't need it.”

Source : "The Moguls". Book by Norman J. Zierold, 1969.

“China will stay firmly committed to the basic state policy of opening-up. We will actively and effectively use foreign investment, improve its structure, diversify its form and open up more channels and sectors so as to facilitate investment.”