Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.

I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.

What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.

Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that's being made all over the world.

I am very proud to be a part of the Livestrong Foundation. I am maybe only a member but I give everything I can to be sure that people understand that cancer is a disease for everybody - not only in France, in Europe, in Asia, it is all over the world. We must fight together, we must make something to fight the cancer, we must Livestrong.

If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.

Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world.

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.

In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.

People have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me it's not about my intelligence. It's who can I beat up.

In Iran I think nobody loses their job because of making a statement that reflects their opinion. From this point of view, conditions in Iran are far better than in many other places in the world.

For hundreds of years Iranians have been migrating to many parts of the world. They took Islamic culture to other parts of the world and established it there.

Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.