So much research has been done showing that the woman is the most vulnerable but also the biggest strength leading to economic progress.

Many emerging countries are facing the same issue of overheating and inflation because they have been vigorously expanding fiscal and monetary policy to counter the 2008 shock.

People now, especially with the Internet, are connected. They have an expectation of behaviour, of accountability, avoiding conflict and fair and just competition.

People feel they are not participating in the decision-making process. Decisions are exclusive to those at the very top. You have grown up with crony capitalism and it creates ever more resentment.

I am still an Indonesian citizen.

In middle-income countries, inequality becomes a problem because you can see there is a layer of people who are doing well, while the poor are still stuck there. We have 300 million poor in India.

We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls.

When we rebuild a house, we are rebuilding a home. When we recover from disaster, we are rebuilding lives and livelihoods.

Every victory won was first won spiritually!

The soul should always stand ajar ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to get over people asking me to write my name in the book.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that youre trying to accomplish.

Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they're charging a lot of money for this stuff.

A lot of people from the press want to talk to me, but they never do.

How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain.

I felt I had to give back to our wonderful country which has been so good to me and to my family.

You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women.