I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200.

I (naively) thought university training would make you better in following what happens in the world.

If you have democracy, people will vote for washing machines. They love them.

In my dreams it happens, when I wake up I just hope for an even better and stronger UN.

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.

There are two billion fellow human beings who live on less than $2 a day.

My experience from 20 years of Africa is that the seemingly impossible is possible.