To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.

I have a motto: it's never too late to give up. It's never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love.

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

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.

Few people will appreciate the music if I just show them the notes. Most of us need to [hear it].

The idea is to go from numbers to information to understanding.

You don't have to get rich to have [fewer] children. It has happened across the world.