I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.

I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.

Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.