Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.

I don't like cruises. Period. My biggest nightmare is being stuck on a boat.

At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.

I was living in New York City and flat broke. My next door neighbor was an actor and he always seemed to be having more fun than I was. He convinced me to give acting a shot, but because of my shyness I was sure it would be a lost cause.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Contrary to Eastern Europe, where the border was more porous and you could exchange information more easily, Cuba is an island. Thus, it is more isolated, and it's easier for the government to have great control over its citizens.

How many black people are there in the higher echelons of any industry? We can talk about journalism, we can talk about politics. So why should football be any different?

In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism.