"Most people are under exposed to global assets, including foreign stocks, bonds and currencies."

"America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance."

"As a whole, investors should welcome attempts to safeguard the integrity of markets. You need very clear rules applied to markets."

"The global realignment is accelerating the migration of growth and wealth dynamics from the industrial world to the larger emerging economies."

"There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity."

"Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive."

"This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses to stay in New Hampshire because he wants his kids to grow up in the school they started with. He doesn't want them to lose friends. He is his family's hero."

"All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure."