Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

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

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

Quote: a vignette of life’s treasures wrapped by letters that sing a song

Marriage has historically, as long as there's been human history, meant a man and a woman in a relationship for life. Once we change that definition, then where does it go from there?

Learning Indian mannerisms, how to wear saris, and the language were a challenge.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.

I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't.

I miss Nixon. Compared to these Nazis we have in the White House now, Richard Nixon was a flaming liberal.

Time, on its own, heals nothing.

My first piece of career advice is find your gifting. Find the thing that you are skilled at and figure out if you can make a living doing it.

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.