I have personally seen what a devastating medical condition can cost.

It's important to have women in leadership positions, because our experiences are different from those of the men we serve with and that helps us identify problems we can fix.

I support an all-of-the-above approach attacking climate change - everything from moving America towards being carbon-neutral, moving our country towards clean energy.

My arm bones looked like chicken bones.

My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they?

Of course climate change is real.

We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.

Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.

I actually lost both my legs. I can walk because I got really good health care.

When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women voters, but on the other hand, a lot of men wouldn't vote for you.

As Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a constant concern for me is having our veterans dragged into partisan politics.

I take thee... to be my awful wedded husband

Exercise daily to keep an active life.

If she fully embraced life with all its conflicts, she would suffer a breakdown.

Sometimes, you have to go Insane, to Outsane, the Sane. You know what i'm Sanin?

Currencies are things that you use to pay for other things; commodities are things that you buy. If art is going to be one or the other, it's going to be a commodity, not a currency.

First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave.

Can you question who you are? And are you comfortable with not knowing?

The progress of our soul is like a perfect poem. It has an infinite idea which, once realised, makes all movements full of meaning and joy.

With the tears a Land hath shed. Their graves should ever be green.

In a way I'm lucky because when people suggest I won't be able to do something I have no choice but to show them they are wrong. If I say I'm doing it, I'm doing it. No matter how hard it is.