I feel like I could disappear because I'm not real to other people.

How do you explain to a child who likes everyone in the world that adult life consists to a great extent of cutting people away?

I have always been afraid... Always been pretending to follow you closely, alwyas been pretending to sharpen my teeth, when the truth is, I am ... scared to death just treading on your shadow.

It is possible to cause seemingly biochemical changes through human emotional involvement. You literally have changed his chemistry by being his friend.

My task is to simplify and then go deeper, making a commitment to what remains. That's what I've been after. To care and polish what remains till it glows and comes alive from loving care.

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

If the worst happens, if you lose and fail, but you still celebrate coming second because you've given it a red hot go. There is no need to fear failure.

We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.

Since I was a kid, I've wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general ... But tennis is my passion.

Lucky people create, notice, and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives.

Sometimes in life you have an appointment with destiny, and sometimes you just have to get destiny to squeeze you in.