Miguel de Cervantes

Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

I don't think anyone would look at Colombia today and say that it is failing. This positive outcome is an example of the effective application of smart power - it is succeeding.

With rising incomes, the share of expenditures for food products declines. The resulting shift in expenditures affects demand patterns and employment structures.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.