I've always been taught to care what other people think. My grandmother and mother taught me to project a positive image of myself.

My grandma always said bad things don't last forever.

I did some things I regret, and I know there are people who think they know me. I've heard the things they say, and some of them are hurtful.

We're all products of our environment. The key is not to fall.

You've got to play with pride and guts.

Either you can do it or you can't. I think I can overcome anything I put my mind to.

If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.

I've always felt that I'm a natural leader.

My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her.

In New York, the dunk is not the thing. To break somebody down and shoot a J-that's as big as a dunk in New York.

Perception rules the world. Everyone knows that. Where we live and where we're from, you just can't escape it.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

In a conflict doesn't win who has more weapons but who knows best use for them

Bad marriages don't cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages.

Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the life of a wit.

It's the hardest thing in the world to accept a 'little' success and leave it that way.

Jude wasn't just my first love. He was my forever love.

Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done, both as a woman and as a Member of Congress.

Facebook stock continues to plummet. People started selling once they found out their mom bought it too.