By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue.

Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out.

The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too.

I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.

We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It's not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers.

Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.

You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.

I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.

We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.

I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.

Your heart will challenge you, but also reward you beyond your wildest dreams.

Economic crises breed war.

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the mirror after you've had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei.

When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don't have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the space to think more expansively about the things that matter.

In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years.

I like to create stuff. I like to express myself through jokes.

When speaking of love, and suffering a broken heart, the student said, 'You can't drown if you vow to never swim again.' To which the master replied, 'You will also never choke if you don't eat.'

Ive been on the tour for 12 years, and the big dream has always been to get a world title.

It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.

Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it.