The Swiss ball is such a great tool because it forces you to recruit more muscles in order to stabilize yourself.
You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American.
If the U.K. wants a commercial access treaty to the European market, the British must contribute to the European budget like the Norwegians and the Swiss do. If London doesn't want that, then it must be a total exit.
I live in a Swiss village so small, if you sneeze everyone knows.
After 9/11, I didn't look to go sit on the Swiss desk - I stepped up. I was not on the sidelines.
I never used to be taken seriously as a Swiss person.
The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.
We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
Mom spoke to us in Swiss when we were little.
A part of me feels very Swiss: I follow Swiss sports - curling, for example - and I support Swiss teams. I love Roger Federer.
