"You can subdue people, you can humiliate them, they feel they have no voice, they’ll go underground—it will resurface."

"I made up my mind I was going to do everything possible to reach out to the warlords and talk to them, talk them into…"

"The leader can decide to kill you. He can decide to mutilate you. But I was determined because I felt that if meeting…"

"[About Madonna] I disagree. Nor do I agree with the association of Madonna's name with the title of her LP Like a Vir…"

"I could have had a career in cinema. It was difficult to reinvent myself as a singer. I have a weak voice. I can swin…"

"I do yoga and meditation. I'm a vegetarian and I've given up alcohol."

"It's better to be the one who leaves than the one who is left."

"My recurring dream, for many years now, is of a giant wave about to crash onto a beach where I am with a group of fri…"

"I discovered Buddhism during my mother's illness, when I moved to the United States to care for her. It's hard to see…"

"My hair has always been my strong point, everyone wondered who took care of it: instead, I trimmed it myself with sci…"