As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.'

I need to solve the problem. It's no different from how am I going to get my son out the door when he needs to go to school. It's a bigger version of that same type of problem.

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.

If you want to change this world, this community that we all live in, then get up and do it. And just start something.

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.

It is important to democratize personal genetics and make it more accessible.

There should be choice in healthcare.

FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with routine medical care.

It's just the reality. Everyone's going to die and everyone's going to get sick at some point. But I do believe that there are choices you can make in life that will make you as healthy as possible.

I think the U.S. is falling behind. There's massive government initiatives going around the world and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.

I came to understand that people come and see you because they like you. They don't come to throw things at you.

Independence was a big, big thing for me. I saw my voice as a way out - when my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape.

I'm a military baby, and it makes me proud to know that I'm the child of two parents that served our country. I feel very connected to our country, and I'm honored to be an American.

Dreams are nothing more than wishes and a wish is just a dream you wish to come true.

For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd.

Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

I was talking to my mom one time, like, "Gosh, I'm 30." And she's like, "In your thirties you're even stronger than in your twenties." I didn't believe her, but I have played better in my thirties.

This is the sorcery of literature. We are healed by our stories.