I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.

In the age of globalization pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

Climate action is central for the future of our planet.

I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Governments are not always right.

I don't understand your book. Isn't every book a book of words?

Life is like a piano. White keys are happy moments and the black ones are sad moments. Both keys are played together to give us the sweet music called Life.

The goodness of the mother is written in the gaiety of the child.

I have tons of sunglasses. My husband won't let me buy another pair because I lose them all the time.

The change which the writing wrought in me (and of which I did not write) was only a beginning; only to prepare me for the gods' surgery. They used my own pen to probe my wound.

Remember when we was young, everybody used to have these arguments about who's better, Michael Jackson or Prince? Prince won!

From now on, nothing is impossible for Israel, which is a normal country like any other. We won't wait another half a century to sit on the Security Council.

Fans have been very important in my career. Even though I'm just doing me and doing my thing, they're the captains of this ship.

It's the main reason why I continue to push myself and my career to do more and more as the amount that you're able to raise for charity and to give to charity by my celebrity.

I don't have anything left to offer in the teen-angst area. I've done it every way I know how.