We're not going to have a perfect batting average and it's important that Americans understand that.

I think the refugee problem is Europe is vastly worse than we have in the United States.

I think the vetting we have for refugees is vastly better than the Europeans have.

They [ French] still have an open border in Europe. And they have a Europe which doesn't have an integrated intelligence system like we do in the United States.

We can't be French and Muslim at the same time. And that's exactly what ISIS wants that population to think.

When you do have really tapped out resources that cover so many investigations, it can help you move through and discard some faster.

ISIS, in some cases like Paris, may actually try to direct. But what it's really trying to do is inspire. So its directed activities are these inspired attacks.

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

Would you die for her?I do. Every Day.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

Here my tears are falling, Nastenka. Let them flow, let them flow - they don't hurt anybody. They will dry Nastenka.

No wonder politicians love government schools. Where do you think the dumb masses come from that can be so easily led and manipulated?

I have my own unique road that has had many exciting ups and heart-breaking downs, but one thing I know is that my journey is not over and the best is yet to come.

Smell is the voice of the soul.

My attitude is always let it keep rolling.

If you suddenly want me to act with Son Dongwoon one-on-one, forget it!

I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.