Toys can be anything

America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy - and wont cross the street to vote in a national election.

Yet, the most wonderful in my heart remains unsaid and it will remain so forever!

To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.

With this in mind, Ava tells herself to be present and celebrate the holiday instead of wishing it was over. After all, one is given only a certain number of Christmases in one's life.

You have Kurt [Cobain], and he's singing about your experiences. They're our collective experiences.

Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know.

I agree with the secretary [Hillary Clinton] that I think what has to happen - and let me just mention what King Abdullah of Jordan said. I think he hit the nail on the head.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to be a writer can afford to indulge in it.

The way someone who's being photographed presents himself to the camera, and the effect of the photographer's response on that presence, is what the making of a portrait is all about.

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.