A skilled worker, regardless of the job description, remains a treasure.

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?

Human relationships are binary: they are complete and fully loving when both people are authentic or they are not at all.

A thinking mind returns to its subject.

Truth does not cease to exist because no one believes it.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.

We have the world's best military, even though he (President Barack Obama) has done everything he can to diminish it.

You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

No one will believe in you until you believe in you.

To quote the Tsalagi, you should never allow your yesterday to use up too much of today. The past is gone and tomorrow is at best a maybe. Live for this moment because it may be all you'll ever have.