Americans have mastered the art of living with the unacceptable.

You ride astride the imaginary in order to hunt down the real.

Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War.

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.

In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.

The world, our world, has existed since night of time, yet every day we must recreate it. If we did not walk upon the earth, it would not exist.

Even ivory towers need central heating.

The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's interests.

I think it's an area that one writes from that is curious because it is not a clearly defined partisan one.

I came, I saw, I was confused.

The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.

I see that the culture that is prevalent right now in Nigeria and indeed Africa is the culture of GET RICH QUICK.

When I work with filmmakers today, I'm really an advocate for the women's roles that I see, to make them as layered and as deep as possible. I think many of them are underwritten.

Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.

You stay elite by constantly moving forward.

I usually try to check quotes with people just to make sure things work out.

Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption

At its core, 'Heroes' is an ensemble character drama with genre elements.

When you see the body outside of a costume and see the strength that it takes, people would look at dance a different way and see how athletic it is. You're not just born like that.

Anger and hatred are the materials from which hell is made.

People are like birds - from a distance, beautiful: from close up, those sharp beaks, those beady little eyes.