Banks were once places to hold money and were very careful in lending to finance families as they built a future - bought homes, bought cars, took out student loans.

It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.

If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.

We don't win what we don't fight for.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define us.

she prays to feel as powerful as she might if God sang silentwords into her ear and answeredall the rattling questions

I have learned so much making first collection that I am excited to use all of it towards making the next one even better! It's been an amazing learning curve and experience.

I'm looking forward to getting back to my house and my Ugg boots and not washing sometimes, and getting back to writing.

He can't really love anyone, you know, and in the end such people are always alone, no matter how much other people once loved them.

We never believe we're beautiful, no matter how many times we hear it. We never believe it until someone says it in the right way.

There is just no end to reality. You can keep going closer into it, but you never ever come out the other end.

And is it the way, in these kingdoms you fell from, for a woman to join forces with an unnatural child who's murdered her friend? Or is that expectation unique to you, and your infinitesimal heart?

I can honestly say that I'm not a person who thinks about awards, as much I think about the work itself.

Talks with terror cannot happen, but talks on terror are desirable.