Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

I believe that a child going without an education is a crime.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.

What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.

When you expand your ability to see, you understand that there are a lot of false choices being offered.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

Everyone's perspective of themselves and others is based on the limitations of their exposure.

The American dream belongs to all of us.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

No woman should be told she can't make her own decisions about her body. If women's reproductive rights come under attack, I will be standing up for women.

To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.

Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.

Listen to the time as it can heal everything.

Women are the desire behind all dreams.

I generally don’t become overexcited about things anyway, I’m just not one of those people. I’m not easily surprised by things either. I think it’s because I expect that anything can happen

I don't dig that two-beat jive the New Orleans cats play. My boys and I have to have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating.

I was always a self-conscious person.

It's very dangerous, making your happiness based on success and fashion. I know the media cares about all that, but I try to ignore that world anyway.

I think a Celebrity Survivor would be great.

Some people are born empty. All manner of good deeds and patience and loving kindness can't even begin to fill them up.

I've worked with Jack Warner and Jimmy Stewart - and Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Johnny Depp twice. I've had dinners with Fred Astaire and Cary Grant.