Horror in your country is something you take a dose of to remind yourself that you are not suffering from it.

So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.

A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.

Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles ­ - is as unique as our fingerprints.

I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.

I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.

It is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated.

How I define patriotism, a knife, a riffle and some hand-gernades.

When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps when he says perhaps he means no when he says no he is no diplomat.

Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish.

The wicked man, when he dies, is driven to his grave, but the Christian comes to his grave.

When you're too relaxed it's not good to create.

Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.

You are only as young as your spine is flexible.

The key to success in every field is to hate failure in every way.

I want to make big-sounding pop records.

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.