Michigan is also the only industrial state that has a AAA credit rating.

Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.

You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.

I care about the children of Detroit.

All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others.

Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work.

The asbestos problem impacts everyone.

We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.

Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is.

Writing means being a fascinated slave to current events.

I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl.

one doesn't interrupt a beautiful girl unless one is going to be funny.

Meditation is a tool to shake yourself awake.

I listen to old songs and remember exactly where I was living and where I recorded it and how I wrote it, the girl I was dating at the time or whatever.

Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business.

My daughter is wonderful and incredibly well behaved. I am very lucky. She will always be my priority.

Back in the day, if you did any commercials or were affiliated with a company you were a sellout. Now it's kind of normal to do that.

If the length of your life is much shorter than the story of your life, this means that you have lived your life so fully!

Academic training in beauty is a sham. We have been so deceived, but so well deceived that we can scarcely get back even a shadow of the truth.