I plan on ... encouraging so many women who are out there, who are still in the thick of it, who have yet to fight this fight, that you can do it, you can get through this one step at a time.

The broader question if Sarah Palin becomes vice president, will she be shortchanging her kids or will she be shortchanging the country?

Telling my children was the toughest part. But that's when you get strong, because you have to be strong for other people.

I want topeel away all the labelsI had once given to othersand place themupon the fabricof my own identity.They have reflected back to me, everything that I refuseto See in myself.

Treasure the people who are willing and able to help you reach your goals.

A teacher told my mother that I would never become successful, which illustrates the difficulty of long-run forecasting on inadequate data.

The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

It was quite nice meeting up because we went through a lot together and we haven't really seen each much other to communicate one to one for quite a long time.

While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.

Leadership is about creating new realities.

Cities that tend of have better schools for middle-income families, they tend to have much better prospects for kids moving up in the income distribution.

Why be normal? What's the point?

I think what we have to do is convince people that matter is tacky.