To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible.

Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too.

To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible.

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic.

It's smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

But I can tell that once, and if, and when this issue gets to be, under real terms, investigated, you will be seeing certain people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally.

I think it's unreasonable to expect kids at 17 to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives. And actually, I guess I had a desire to be an artist, and I did enroll in art school out of high school.

Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.

Shy Carter helped me write 'One Call Away.' He is a brand new artist. I really want to help jumpstart his career because I think he's super-talented.

If I knew my schedule a month ahead, I'd be so bored.

Do not give voice to bigotry.

No matter how many years you play, it's always something new and exciting. It's sports, you never know what may happen.

I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.

Complain not, whine not just be grateful for what you've got

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.

Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.

I haven't changed, but public life has. It used to be you'd go into a restaurant, and the owner would say, 'Do you mind if I take a picture of you and put it on my wall?' Sweet and simple. Now, everyone has a camera in their pocket.

I think it's the broadest source of dissatisfaction amongst Republicans, out-of-control spending.

I've heard there are vegan corn dogs - I don't know if that's true but, jeez, I'd love to eat one of them.

My mom taught me this really great beauty tip. She used to put oil or mayonnaise on the bottom half of her hair before she would shower.

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.

But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place.

The rich do not want people who come from poor families to rise to the highest position in the country.

I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?

When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction.

The body is solid material wrapped around the breath.

Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.