The other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think men do that particularly.

The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is.

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.

Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.

Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.

The process of education in the oldest profession in the world is like any other educational process, in that it requires time andeffort and patience; it can only be acquired by taking one step at a time, though the steps become accelerated after the first few.