I don't spend my hours plotting for somebody else's downfall.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

I believe in the possibility of positive change at every age and every stage of life. Your whole life is ahead of you.

this grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings....the merry dance of death and trade goes on

I love women with attitude.

Art is really people asking the eternal question, "What is it all about?"

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it.

A painful time in our life is what I call a healing crisis. We are letting go of something old and opening to something new.

The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.