It's an improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don't know how to get there. It's not linear.

Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.

Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are forced to do so by political level authority.

There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and other people, and these extreme, radical fundamentalists who have shown a total lack of tolerance for people with different views, starting with people who they don't think are good Muslims, and going on to include Christians and Jews.

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.