With that radio I was always swimming with the current political streams in the West. I was never stranded.

Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another.

I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received.

Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature.

Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't.

Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me.

I've never met a general yet who could milk a cow.

I was too busy looking into Yeltsin's eyes to notice what was under the table.

Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave.

In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The present was always temporary.

With that radio I was always swimming with the current political streams in the West. I was never stranded.

If geography is prose, maps are iconography.

Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.

History is more interesting than politics.

That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world.

If geography is prose maps are iconography.

I must beware of the photo, get what I can of it and then go.

I think when I was pregnant with my first child - he's about 10 or 11 now - I first noticed changes in my skin, which can make you panic a bit. I had a bit of melasma.

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

The Great Depression in the United States far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system is a testament to how much harm can be done by mistakes on the part of a few men when they wield vast power over the monetary system of the country.

The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed about you.

I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.

I'm interested in exploring various forms of newer media that might allow those who otherwise don't listen to country to find and connect with my music.

Today the biggest problem in caring for those with AIDS is no longer mainly a medical or scientific problem. The crisis is access to affordable drugs.

There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story.

I pride myself on my personilty and not my looks because one day, I will be old and crusty with a moustache, and someone is going to love me for my personality and not looks. So whoever is going to marry me is going to laugh till he dies.

It's a life lesson they need to have, a skill everybody needs - to cook.

Commercial movies have no feeling, no sensitivity. Most people tell me people won't understand films with feeling. But everyone can feel.

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster, speedier mind, but I don't think it's necessarily broader or smarter.

I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.

I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here.

I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.

Is Paris Hilton even an actress? I'm thinking no.

Children at certain ages have distinct actions, and boys at certain ages have a particular way of acting too.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

I am a big proponent of adopting dogs through shelters and rescue operations. Having dogs in the office might not be right for everyone, but it has certainly worked well for me. My advice to other offices, on the Hill and off, would be to try it out.

It's gone on my whole life, this David and Goliath syndrome that a lot of these smaller guys always have. They think the only reason I've ever had any success in my career is because of my physical size. And you know what? If that's the case, so be it. I really don't care. Because I have that size.

For me a day without training is like a day without eating.

I don't feel like I owe anybody other than my child and my family anything.