“The journey’s been so long. It’s been tough. It’s been wonderful.

“The journey’s been so long. It’s been tough. It’s been wonderful. It’s been everything I could ever hope for. Wow. I can’t believe we actually did it, girl.”

Professional dancer Derek Hough

After he and his partner, TV personality Brooke Burke, won the “Dancing with the Stars” competition.

“The incident has damaged Thailand’s reputation and its economy beyond repair.”

Serirat Prasutanont

Suvarnabhumi Airport director in Bangkok, after protesters shut down the airport in a major escalation of their four-month campaign to oust the prime minister. Prasutanont had tried to negotiate with the protesters to allow passengers to fly out. The airport, the 18th-busiest in the world, handled over 40 million passengers in 2007.