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

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.

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

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.

You need to study all things related to your goal

Hey, when you love a woman, and when she’s this crazy in love with you, you’ve got to do whatever she says, man.

I always feel sad when I come to the end of a book.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.

Well, I'm lucky because, you see, I'll probably bounce back from this role.

"You got beef, bring your cow, I will cattle you"

So here is the Great Society. It's the time - and it's going to be soon - when nobody in this country is poor.

I don't really think kids care much these days - they just tell you to f*** off.

I love you with the passion of a drowning man for breathing air. I can't just have enough of you and having you a little would be disastrous.

A ministering angel shall my sister be.