No country can solve climate change alone, we have to take global measures.

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.

But I consoled myself with the reflexion that in spite of everything she was for me the real point of intersection between reality and dream.

What I've learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.

Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters.

You have to know how to score.

I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes.

Power. Intoxicating. Like a fine wine.

One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.

The revolution will be no re-run brothers, The revolution will be live.

Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles.

I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.