Despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, America's long struggle with race is far from finished.

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.

A kid is what you feed it, plus from that what can be gathered.

God thundered again and again through the prophets that worship in the context of mistreatment of the poor and disadvantaged is an outrage.

Remember, you are never alone in this world. Never.

Express your creativity. Delight in the mystery of your inner muse.

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

I love Abby Lee Miller. Honestly, if there's such a thing as past lives, I was definitely a dancer.

Polluted by crimes, and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can I find rest but in death?

There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can