A lot has been said about single mothers. Most of it has been less than flattering.

We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.

Microfinance is an incredibly powerful tool ... but we must move beyond micro-hopes and micro-ambitions for women.

If you're talking about entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict settings, then you must talk about women, because they are the population you have left.

We do not invest in victims, we invest in survivors.

I'm a really bad driver. When I'm in L.A. my husband always has to park the car for me, because I'm likely to hit something.

The United States will not be in Afghanistan forever.

Single mothers are raising more of America's children than ever before.

Not one country in all the world has eliminated its economic participation [gender] gap - not one.

I missed you, I missed everything about youYour magical eyes, Your heavenly smile ...Baby I’m in love with you

Like a tenacious ivy, your presence clings onto the drab wall of my existence. Cling harder onto me love, like a blood sucking bed-bug who is never satiated.

Without madness what is manBut a wholesome beast, Postponed corpse that begets?

I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count - the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position.

Affliction hardens those whom it does not soften.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

It was a time of uncommon possibility and freedom, when Detroit created wondrous and lasting things. But life can be luminescent when it is most vulnerable.

When was the last time you thanked you for always being there for you? Self appreciation soothes an aching soul.

We need to put love back into the world remind the world that love is important. We're all one.

There's a lot of reflection that goes on whenever I write a song - it's been a wild whirlwind last couple of years and there's a lot to talk about, and hopefully that's evident in the music.