George W. Bush has deliberately polarized and divided America for political purposes, politicizing the most basic questions of war and peace for partisan advantage.

On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration's complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in its first 9 months in office.

It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from the beginning to the end of my book.

Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy.

Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems.

The attack on Clinton on terrorism is entirely politically inspired by the right-wing of the Republicans, and has no basis in fact whatsoever.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration.

If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn't let Louie Freeh off the hook.

Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.

It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers.

Don’t react while you are upset because at that time your reaction will be based on negative emotions

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.

Iris, if you were a melody...piano melody. I used only the good notes.

Just as the camera draws a stake through the heart of serious portraiture, television has killed the novel of social reportage.

The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

Be the person you are. Never try to be another, and you will become mature. Maturity is accepting the responsibility of being oneself, whatsoever the cost.

When I was a kid, all I liked were books and chocolate.

Through practice comes Yoga, through Yoga comes knowledge, through knowledge love, and through love bliss.