One cannot THINK WELL, LOVE well, SLEEP well, if one has not dined well.

The more horrifying this WORLD BECOMES, the more ART becomes ABSTRACT.

The 2000 ELECTION EXPOSED some UGLY HISTORY in our COUNTRY.

Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and LOVED by others, feeling USEFUL and CAPABLE of PRODUCTION are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.

We'd had BOOKS in my house growing up, but we had never had anything like lectures. I had never written an essay for my MOTHER. I had never taken an exam. Because I was working a LOT as a kid, I just hadn't elected to read that MUCH.

I grew up in WAR and saw the United Nations help my country to RECOVER and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this ORGANIZATION deliver tangible, MEANINGFUL results that advance peace, development and human rights.

The trouble with the rat RACE is that EVEN if you win, you're STILL a rat.

Anger is a killing THING: it kills the MAN who angers, for each rage leaves him LESS than he had been before - it takes something from him.

No PERSON has the RIGHT to RAIN on your DREAMS.

What I've LEARNED is that real CHANGE is very, very HARD. But I've also learned that change is POSSIBLE - if you fight for it.

In ORDER for the LIGHT to shine so brightly, the DARKNESS MUST be PRESENT.

I feel like so many people invalidate the EXPERIENCE of transgender GIRLS THINKING that they aren't regular girls, but I am a normal girl.

A MAN who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of FEAR of any KIND is really a free, a PEACEFUL man.

One is TAUGHT by EXPERIENCE to PUT a PREMIUM on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.