I believe every single one of us has a choice in life and that we can all choose to live out whatever our exceptional minds dream up.

People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.

Choices in life are not and should not be determined by our life circumstances.

Man may fail you. But God will never forsake you.

You do realize that you are addressing the emperor of the Crescent Empire.""And you are addressing a free woman of the desert. You are not my emperor. Therefore, I am your equal.

A true friend unbosoms freely advises justly assists readily adventures boldly takes all patiently defends courageously and continues a friend unchangeably.

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

You don't have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to experience proper kitchen alchemy: the moment when ingredients combine to form something more delectable than the sum of their parts.

I have never lost an election yet. I am a winner. Let's just say that.

I've always had a talent for recognizing when I am in a moment worth being nostalgic for.

The greater success a man has made, the more he fears a climb down.

You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.

Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard's African novels.