"Love is listening when they are ready to talk--midnight, 6:00 A.M. on their way to seminary, or when you're busy with your urgencies."

“What I want people to know about Ethiopia is that it is a country of nations and nationalities. Oromos are the majority. But Oromos have been so good to Ethiopia but have been marginalized for years.”

Source : Source: www.sbnation.com

“I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2001.

“Aging is for people who don't know any better.”

“Liberty for each, for all, and forever!”

“All dancers have a cumulative tendency, because each beat of the tom-tom has an almost irresistible appeal. Soon, those who were just spectators would dance too.”

“I want my daughters to be respected as human beings; that's the country I'm fighting for.”

Source : "Fawzia Koofi targets Afghan presidency as fight for women's rights continues". Interview with Lizzy Davies, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2012.

“I don't know where I end and the world begins. My best guess? Skin. It's the only actual boundary between the body and the world, between a body and any other body.”

“Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.”

Source : "Growing Up: Letters to American Boys & Girls". Book by Herbert Hoover, 1962.