I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.

I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way.

Every 36 seconds in America a woman lays her body down forced to choose abortion out of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women.

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

On a personal level, as a Christian, it will not be Barbra Streisand I'm standing in front of when I have to make an accounting of my life.

Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.

In reality, most women 'choose' abortion because they believe they have no other choice.

As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.

It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.

football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

I prefer a positive view of freedom, drawing on another tradition of political thinking that goes all the way back to the ancient Greek polis.

Promoting his new book, President Bush visited the headquarters of Facebook. Unfortunately, he spent the whole visit on Farmville, clearing brush.

You gotta make your own fun. That's right, listen to that mother of two, she knows what I'm talking about.

I would rather be the good aunt who never says anything bad and lets the parents discipline the child.

[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other.

Find your own 'sweet spot'. Take your talents and enjoy them, share them, expand them.

The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.

Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.