I had thought I would hate being First Lady... I loved it.

That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herself, and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self-it all comes down to a freedom of choice.

You never know what you can do until you have to do it.

I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.

Being a lady does not require silence.

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?

I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

Soul SisterEvoking all my inner goodnesswith bastions of timeI cradle your heartsisterly into mine...

One shot is all anyone needs if they back themselves and do it right.

When the characters are really alive before their author the latter does nothing but follow them in their action in their words in the situations which they suggest to him.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

I'm told [ Zulfikar Ali] Bhutto is ambitious. I hope he's very ambitious; ambition may help him see reality.

We live under the illusion that organizations are 'them' when, in reality, they are 'us.' If we wish to work in evolved organizations, we must each be the first to start the journey.

I believe we come to earth with sealed orders. I believe that only those who lack passion look down on purpose.

The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it.

All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace.

I had developed manic depression [bipolar disorder] ... and the main symptoms the constant voice in the head telling you to kill yourself.