Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That's the place that governments often don't want to, or can't, work.

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.

Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.

Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.

All women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones.

If we don't empower women, we don't allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.

Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.

We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.

You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.

Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they're born.

You are the rainbow that adds color to my gray skies.

Those who can not adjust to change will be swept aside by it. Those who recognize change and react accordingly will benefit.

The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

If I need to buy a TV, I'll definitely buy a Japanese TV. A Chinese TV might explode.

Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As if to find shelter here with me.

When I was three years old, I had race-car wallpaper, a race-car bed, race-car toys. That was all I wanted. And nothing has changed. Except I don't have a race-car bed anymore.?

Daisy had known the novel was silly even as she had read it, but that had not detracted one bit from her enjoyment.

I've always tried different stuff in the studio. I use rakes, spoons, cans... I'm a surround-sound type of guy.