Arizona is a national leader in school choice with both charter schools and tuition tax credits giving parents and their children more school choices than ever before.

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

Arizona now has one of the most innovative systems of financing school construction in the nation.

We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now.

The attack and our response show just how vital Arizona's military bases are to the defense of our country. We need to do everything we can to protect them.

We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before.

Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the help of the Legislature and the media.

We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down on abuse and violence in the home and on the streets.

Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.

I also want to thank Arizona citizens for their efforts at conserving energy last summer.

During the last regular session and the most recent special session, measures that I see as little more than Band-Aids were applied to three health programs in the state.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

I have the loftiest idea, and the most passionate one, of art. Much too lofty to agree to subject it to anything. Much too passionate to want to divorce it from anything.

My best business decision was becoming a writer as well as a director, and learning all aspects of the filmmaking craft. My worst business decision was licensing music that I don't own.

Dialogue starts from the courageous willingness to know and be known by others. It is the painstaking and persistent effort to remove all obstacles that obscure our common humanity.

In the end, leadership comes down to consistency and strong, confident action upon which the team can rely - and this doesnt mean imposing a bunch of rules.

Time flies whether you are having fun or not.

And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family.

A clock only turns one direction

I write the lyrics based on what is going on in my life - I'm not going to write about the old hair metal stuff, like castles and stuff.