The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.

Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must learn we cannot do it all at once, we need to prioritize.

I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.

Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships.

I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.

She doesn't need your money. Even a penniless fool like you can make her fall in love with you. That's just miracle.

Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to someone you love. Shush your inner bully. Be your own bestie.

Wine is not a magic serum of truth. It just silences that smart little voice in your head which advises against saying some dumb shit.

We start with the perfect experience and then work backward. That's how we're going to continue to be successful.

All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell.

The design of a restaurant should embrace the identity of the chef, the nature of the cuisine, and the context of the restaurant itself.

When thought stops, a doorway opens into dimensions that are pure and unassociated. They're nonbinding realities. They're non-samskaric, which simply means that they're beautiful; they're ecstatic.

Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing them together for the pursuit of having a good time.

Pictures just come to my mind and I tell my heart to go ahead.

My strength is my weakness and weakness is my strength