Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.

Next, we will create a modern immigration law.

If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner.

Germany is very free-trade oriented.

This question about Iraq has gotten personal.

Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in Europe.

One effect could be that the huge atomic arsenal created in the cold war could be reduced significantly.

As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway.

We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.

As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.

We want to encourage those who are able to work, no question.

Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive.

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.

A common currency imposes on us a duty to cooperate more on policy.

The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion.

A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.

Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance.

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

My impression is that American policy speaks not of antagonism but rather partnership.

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it.

Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it.

'Hard Boiled' is my last film in Hong Kong, before I moved to the U.S. It is the one film which is most accepted by the audience in the West.

As a child, I spent a lot of time alone. I used to sit in my closet with one cracker. I'd pretend that I was on the North Pole freezing to death, and I had to somehow survive on this one tiny cracker.

When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water.

Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!

I tend to believe, when you're in a relationship, if you don't fight, it's not a real relationship. You have to have arguments and tensions, otherwise I don't believe it.

I play the guitar and the piano and have a group of guys who I play with. They're uber talented.

I have so many favorite writers, it's very hard to select a few... of classic writers, I have always admired Emily Dickinson and Henry David Thoreau.

My first manager, Suzanne DeWalt, saw a play I was in. She was invited by the director Joan Scheckel, who was my first real acting teacher. Joan was also good friends with my friend Susie Landau Finch, who had first encouraged me to consider acting, so that's how I began studying.

The fans have played a massive part in getting us to where we are, but the job's not finished.

But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities.

I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.

Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy.

You hold the keys of change within you. You be the change you want to see.

Once you fall for someone, their smell can be a powerful thing. Women will wear their boyfriends' T-shirts, and throughout tales in history men have held on to their lover's handkerchief.

I believe Obama is a lot of fun when he's not trying to keep our economy together.

Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.

There is a role and function for beauty in our time.

Most of the infections linked to human cancers are common in human populations; they are ubiquitous. They were present during the whole human evolution process.

But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.

People were hurt, and because they were hurt, they were angry and quarreled and were jealous of one another.

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

My parents are aging and there are difficult issues. It's strange to have children at the beginning of life and parents nearing the end.

I grew up in Kolkata in a traditional family. We had friends who lived in mansions just like the one in 'Oleander Girl.' Growing up, I was fascinated by the old house and the old Bengal lifestyle.