when women progress, all of society benefits.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

We were so created to worship God that it is probably embedded in our spiritual DNA itself!

Don't be afraid to start small, entrepreneurship takes courage to win, and look for quick wins while setting a short and long term vision

If you believe in evolution and naturalism then you have a reason not to think your faculties are reliable.

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.

Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?

Change isn't always good. Sometimes changing things is a terrible mistake.

How can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self assurance that lead to happiness, they're the very things we kill.

There are only two kinds of pain: too much love or too little.

The mercantile business did not suit me

I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them.