As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must learn we cannot do it all at once, we need to prioritize.

I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.

Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships.

I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

It is your life

I get a lot of work done in my dreams and I don't want to take anybody else's work with me.

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

Send me out into another life. But get me back for supper.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone.

I think some writers should wait for something to say.

If you like me, raise your hand. If you don't, raise your standards

In a perfect world, I would do 3 weeks on 3 weeks off; so that I could always take a breather and come back to music with a fresh mind.