"My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation."

"In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone."

"As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic."

"There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this is not happening in my backyard.'"

"Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another."

"I have to do a show which is of interest to me, or else I'm lost."

"Where the senses fail us, reason must step in."

"A resilient spirit knows that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."