We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.

If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.

The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on the roadmap.

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.

If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.

We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.

Villa Grande has in many ways symbolized an important, but less than pleasant, part of our history.

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.

We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.

Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment.

Knowledge of other peoples beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges not to create conflicts.

Not everything that happens in your life has to hit you like a hurricane.

I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to various different lives - they're real-estate agents or surfers.

The actor is in the hands of a lot of other people, over which he has no control.

I was never writing for commercial success. It's nice that it has come, but it is not important.

Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts ... good relationships feel good. They feel right. They dont hurt. Theyre not painful. Thats not just with somebody you want to marry but its with the friends that you choose. Its with the people you surround yourselves with.

I love New York. I love the people. I love the anonymity.

Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw.

The art of being a warrior is to balance the wonder and the terror of being alive.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength

I say it's a girls' world.

I never come to know if somebody is in love with me; they will have to hold placards and say it.

Many places in the Bronx seem hidden in shadows, just as the Bronx itself is in Manhattan's shadow. And dark stories develop best in dark shadows.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

What happens when you take a lion out of the safari and try to take him to your place of residence and make him a house pet? It ain't going to happen. That's the type of person that I am. I'm that lion.

You can change things you can make things better.

My dad used to tell me, 'Look, son, opportunity does not come knocking.' It's usually running down the street, and you have to chase it down, you have to tackle it, and then you have to hang on to it.

A sense of accomplishment comes when you have completed the tasks for the goals you have set for yourself.

America is made up of people who came from someplace else. Even the Native Americans came over the Bering strait... America is what it is because people came from someplace else.

I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them came out of intense sadness. This has been an extremely difficult year for me.

And I can relate to that, because I went to an all white school, so I knew what that was like. And it was hard at the time, but anything that's difficult you learn from, don't you?

Software testing is a sport like hunting its bughunting.

That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college; follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college.

They've found a way to privately, or within a small family group, share expressions, or other images, drawings, and then gain access to some of the world's great expressions and images and make them real, make them tangible.

Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.