But had they not paid that advance we would have lost much more, we would have started to go and look for the product all over again, the refinery would have stopped working.

But had they not paid that advance we would have lost much more, we would have started to go and look for the product all over again, the refinery would have stopped working.

I'm certainly hoping that all the recommendations that we have heard will be implemented.

We hope that there will be better policy-making and hope to see projects implemented. We have lots of information that can be used for the implementation of projects.

They are responsible for starting this relationship and wanting to help Africa. The United States is very well suited for this as they are a country that has the capacity, they have better access to technology and they are a successful country.

They've participated extensively in this conference and they are doing their best to help.

It is universally agreed that Jean Renoir was one of the greatest of all directors, and he was also one of the warmest and most entertaining.

I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me.

The world is changing very profoundly.

Americans generally associate boats with leisure. Vastly less prosperous, Egyptians associate them with nothing but labour. Rowing a boat is something a fisherman is forced to do to make a living; how could such an activity bring me - a woman no less - pleasure?

I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.

I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite.

I'd say Jon Stewart has remained funny the entire time. Jon always makes it funny first. And he's just, he's talking about serious things, but in a funny way. Other comedians will talk about serious things in a serious way, and then you don't know what's going on.

The ultimate decision of wearing hijab must be that of the individual. Western opinions on the hijab or burkas are rather irrelevant. We dont get to decide for Muslim women what does or does not oppress them no matter how highly we think of ourselves.

If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.

While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.

Rey is so strong. She's cool and smart and she can look after herself. Young girls can look at her and know that they can wear trousers if they want to. That they don't have to show off their bodies.

Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of mourning was never before heard, for the whole city was moved.

I do become a recluse once in a while. It's so nice to just be at home and to not have to deal with the outside world.

People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.

Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in.

Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly.

While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country.

I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

I reached that day that I always thought might happen, where I say to myself I don't want to do this anymore. I'm looking for some stability. I want to stay home.

You can see how an increase in the water level would wipe out hundreds of thousands of people's homes.

I hold myself to a high standard.