We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position... The American people have changed.

I am a revolutionary; my life is dedicated to freeing the people.

From now on you must pray for your people and yourself three times a day.

Everything Mengistu has done since 1977 has been to place himself in a position of uncontestable power. Neither Haile Selassie nor any of the previous emperors had this insatiable thirst for power.

Mengistu is a barbaric and cruel creature who becomes happy with the death of human beings.

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

[We] need people who are kind by instinct, not by effort. But that is what we lack in this time. For progress, we have eaten our souls up, and nothing matters anymore.

To understand is to forgive.

My biggest lesson I've learned about love is to keep on loving. Love is love it's amazing. It's fine. It hurts. It's probably one of the best experiences in life.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

As a character, you're working within the realm of what's on the [script] page.

We set the table, but no one ate.

Standing near someone you love in a time of trouble is its own reward.

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

So without getting into the specifics, I can tell you that to the extent that investigation is a relatively important investigation and meaningful, the president would have been periodically briefed.