I never thought I would be divorced.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.

I am against the death penalty.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.

Love Is Learning Process....To keep Loving One With All Your Heart You Have To Keep Feeling Things You Can Dream More Then One Beyonds.....

[Gonturan] is a true friend, but a friend with thoughts of her own, and the thoughts of others are dangerous.

Love built on beauty soon as beauty dies.

I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn't volley, I can't hit a backhand, I don't return well, and then people would turn round and tell me I'm underachieving.

I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing.

A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water.

In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements.

Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.

I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.

I've decided to do what I want to do in life and follow my own path as an artist, so I've decided not to participate in any sort of nostalgia in which I'm marginalized as a pop icon of yesteryear.