Time spent in nature decreases stress and anxiety and improves focus for adults as well as children.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life -- a positive life, a happy life.

Leadership is not about popularity, it is about doing what is right.

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.

Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.

I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

No, no, it's not all random, if it was really random, the universe would abandon us completely, and the universe doesn't. It takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see.

Okay, but if you try to get me to pray with you, I walk.

Each film and each character is a completely new set of challenges. It doesn't feel like you can rest on something you may have done well in the past.

I like the idea of a book being a democratic space which readers enter, carrying their own thoughts, and participate in a conversation, or experience of grace.

I think being on Weeds, in general, makes it hard to think of me as Nemo anymore.

Conversation is good - you might not agree with everyone, but at least it gives you a chance to contemplate someone else's ideas.

People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.'

I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.

I think that the new models of Chevrolet should have Barney Frank as a hood ornament.

Stronger women build stronger nations.