I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in his nature. And that is very difficult to align with strategically.

Effective immediately, transgender Americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military just for being transgender.

We hope relevant countries will work together in the same direction to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and co-operation.

In strategic affairs, clarity and consistency are very important.

The worst prison is not made of metal bars. The worst prison is when your internal reality does not match your external reality.

And besides, it drives the dragon crazy when you sing about his downfall even though you are bleeding

It was not coincidental that we chose what's left If the universe has a will I think we are part of it Tender and precious How many times have I searched for something Found and lost it Since then?

Kept looking for something to be in with. Follow someone's blueprint. But you have to be on your own.

It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.

It was selfish what I asked her to do, even if it wound up being the most unselfish thing I've ever done.

What we have been raised to think of as inevitable - division and hierarchy, monotheism and nation states - actually accounts for less than 10 percent of human history.

Football? Forget it. I didn't have that thing inside me where I wanted to smash against somebody and watch them break. I was too sensitive for that and disliked being that sensitive.

Far too much reorganization goes on all the time. Organizitis is like a spastic colon.

You show me a perfect person and I'll show you somebody who has lived a very closed life.