A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.

I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough.

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people.

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do.

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.

Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive.

We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more.

We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country.

We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.

A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.

Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves.

We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.

There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait.

I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.

Everyone has played video games at some point these days, and video games are fun.

I was born and raised in Nigeria. We lived in England when I was 3 and 4, and I would go to summer school every year in Switzerland.

We can create new food substances.

I just don't know how I was able to be a boxer in the first place without believing God.

If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.

The world of painting has nothing to do with the art world.

What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.

There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too.

I think there's nothing better in the world than a spirited discussion about the Bible and Jesus and God and the Catholic faith, or the Jewish faith, or the Muslim faith - any religion.

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.

More men die of jealousy than of cancer.

ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working.

Every religion or every philosophy is an outcome of the human search for liberation.

I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.

It's taken me years to embrace the softer elements of who I am and let that shine some.

There was a year between school and getting going as an actor when I basically just watched films. Video shops were the new thing, and there was a good one round the corner and me and my brother just watched everything, from the horror to the European art-house.

One lawyer told me that he never drinks water or eats in front of the jury because they can't do either one.

The best simulator for spacewalking is underwater - it allows full visuals and body movement in 3D. Virtual reality is good, too, and has some advantages, like full Station simulation, not just part. Like all simulators, they have parts that are wrong and misleading: an important thing to remember when preparing for reality.

I just feel this is my planet.

I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more modern branches of pure mathematics.

In real life I can play guitar, sure, but badly.

I love Benny Hill. He one of my favourites of aaall time. Like, the way Benny did it, he was just amazing. Just seeing how he put songs together and comedy and the timing and the sketches. He was way ahead of his time.

I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film.

I don't think of myself as hot or cool or anything, just a dork.