I didn't have any of those good assets to have successful teenage years. It was hard. And what saved me was definitely my whole family. I knew where I was coming from and where I was going to.

I have become a housewife and there is no better job.

Don't be so familiar and so much into the details. Keep people dreaming. Close the window, and make them wonder.

My child was not only carried by me, but by the universe.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Giving all of Denver's kids an equal chance at success is the best investment we can make in our community's kids and future.

You come out of drama school and do theatre and are interested in creative endeavour, then you drift into TV and movies and realise that artistic endeavour needs to balance with financial success. There's no point spending millions on a movie that doesn't make any money, because the people producing it won't make another one.

For most of human history, the main goal of states has been to conquer land and to achieve glory for their rulers, usually at others' expense. Then in recent decades it was all about GDP. It's only in very recent history that rulers have been willing to commit themselves to helping their citizens live happier lives.