Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.

I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first.

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.

Movies mirror the times, they do not create them.

When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.