Learning is not filling up a box but seeing and imagining what we can create with it.

They say you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its prisoners…I believe the same can be said for how a country treats its children

An educator...a good one that is, inspires others to be even better than herself.

I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.

Be the kind of grown up you needed as a child.

Most often it is in heartache that we love more boldly.

People say they walk on the shoulders of giants. True, but have you ever walked like one?

Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.

Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Education is not filling up a box but seeing what you can create with one and don't you ever forget that!

You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbors. You know, eventually those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard.

Just because you felt like a failure in the past, doesn't mean you can't get back up again and make something better of your future.

I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.

[In politics] no good deed goes unpunished

My wife's French. I mean I speak a bit of French but I've lived amongst French, you know, most of my adult life.

The acid test of any truth is found in whether it aids victims in their struggle to overcome victimisation.

Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will.

20 years ago, I was pushed and mentored and given challenging assignments and then supported. That allowed me to have the career path I've had.

The Senate is an unknowing world