Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

Dave Chappelle

For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.

Elizabeth Kostova

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it

Mark Twain

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience.

Harold Ruopp

It's good to let God pick a man for you. We don't do so well when we pick them ourselves. They end up lipsticks in a drawer, all those wrong colors you thought looked so good in the package.

Deb Caletti

Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

George W. Bush

A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank.

John Berry

I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.

Danny Glover

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

Chris Evert

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

Charles Dickens

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

Samuel Lover