I don’t have to be a "gazillionaire;" what’s important to me is to just being able to work.

I love the spirit of Halloween and the energy that comes with it.

I feel like I'll always be a brunette, that's just who I am, but I love that I can switch it up and be whatever I want to be.

I'm really more of a jeans and T-shirt kind of a girl.

I am just the person who didn't want to settle for not having everything I dreamed of.

My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.

Entertainment is such a non-reality.

The thing is, work is the thing I love the most.

I was a competitive swimmer in middle school and high school.

I think we all depend on a significant other, and we think if they leave me, I'll die. But that's not true. We're all much stronger than we think we are.

I have an amazing relationship with food.

The walls of the school can't stop the education.

God began by revelation to build a bridge between Himself and people.

...for all men do their acts with a view to achieving something which is, in their view, a good.

How would you prepare to die on a perfect April evening?

I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, 'Go buy a postage stamp in London,' I'll go and do it.

Hope is good. Without it, well, you do the math. But hope has to be like a prayer. Putting it out there to something more powerful than yourself.

When the end comes, dark and hungry I'll be alone, love When the end comes, black and starving I'll say good-bye, love.-from Golden Tongue: The Poems of Steven Slaughter

Some of the most patriarchal thinkers I know are women. Some of the most feminist thinkers are men.

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

My resisting being mistreated on the bus did not begin with that particular arrest…I did a lot of walking in Montgomery.