Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.

On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration's complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in its first 9 months in office.

It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from the beginning to the end of my book.

Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy.

Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems.

The attack on Clinton on terrorism is entirely politically inspired by the right-wing of the Republicans, and has no basis in fact whatsoever.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration.

If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn't let Louie Freeh off the hook.

It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers.

We barely missed killing Bin Laden. There were numerous findings issued by the President to kill him. We rolled up terrorist cells. We stopped the millennium bombings.

Don't be such a party-pooper, missy --when you're well and truly screwed, either you just sit pissing yourself or you invent some reason to hope.

Get over it, Roo. If you have friends who actually like you, you’re popular enough.

He [Shakespeare] was a wordsmith who loved to act and to see things from many points of view.(...) His genius lay in being able to see all sides of an argument.

I certainly support civil unions.

There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.

Apparently, myths become truths if upheld long enough.

Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical

You create your own decoration. You choose your color, you choose your mood. ... If you are depressed, you put some bright yellow and suddenly you are happy.

The challenge is about taking things that are infinitely complex and making them simpler and more understandable.

I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.