I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol.

Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.

Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.

According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.

But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nations history.

The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids decision not to drink alcohol.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.

Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.

The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art.

As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.

Never let the weight of challenges and the duration of your dreams scare you to give up.

I do, I’m afraid, understand books far more readily than I understand people. Books are so easy to get along with.

Now Robby…he’s who you should be with, ” she said, as if on cue with my thoughts. I tried not to roll my eyes.

I always try to overachieve. I feel I have something to prove every day.

If transport, housing and Olympic projects do not work, I will crawl away under a stone.

Definitely dub is in my body forever. I think I hear everything through a dub filter. Even when I play rock music, I play through a dub filter.

Revenge, that thirsty dropsy of our souls, makes us covet that which hurts us most.

I acknowledge that I have no idea who the hell I am, and I think that's the first step.

We become more successful when we are happier and more positive.

The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done.