My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history.

My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.

Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.

I can live well with what I have.I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more.

This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself.

I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live.

If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me.

Between madness and sanity, there is a shifting boundary. It is impossible to explain. Time slows down and you have to try to fill it. You don't have anything but solitude.

Uruguay is a country which has grown from immigration, people from all over. That is our origin.

In life you can fall down 1000 times but the point is to have the willingness to stand up and to start again.

The way the banks behave is frankly unbearable. I didn't rob for me. I expropriated resources for a struggle. If I had robbed for myself that would be different.

Now we're going to save a bunch of dirty meatsacks from a bunch of dirty cannibals? Why don't we rescue some orphaned kittens and put food out for stray puppies while we're at it?

Almost lost you," he thought, surprised to find himself blinking back tears. "Been through too much, me and you. We're going to finish this thing together.

One of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up.

I think I was about 18 before I decided I wanted to pursue acting. I went to drama school in Western Australia when I was 19.

The stupendous fact that we stand in the midst of Reality will always be something far more wonderful than anything we do.

Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity you couldn't eternally have been just a retired major.

If you're able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.

The future of narrative? Built in, part of the human template. Not going away.

The Ultimate and Highest leave taking is leaving God for GOD, leaving your notion of God for an Experience of That which transcends all notions.

Only when you get into TV and film, do people really want you to be a 'specialist'.