If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.

Please be assured that as we move along through the implementation of health insurance reform, making sure that we find efficiencies within the existing system, is foremost on the President's mind.

FACT: Nothing in Obamacare forces people out of their health plans.

The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.

A new era of responsibility is here.

President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.

Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.

My goal in the new administration is to engage all of the stakeholders, everyone who can help us meet the challenges of the 21st century, and ensure that we work together.

Financial regulatory reform is one of the top legislative priorities of the Obama Administration.

It is outrageous that at this time in our country, women are still not paid as much as men.

Moments always blossom more beautifully in memories.

If I was a fashion designer just following trends or designing for celebrities, I would not be fulfilled.

A short attention span makes all of your perceptions and relationships shallow and unsatisfying.

There's not enough dust to cloud our love for freedom.

I should be European. I'm long and lean. I'd look good in a trench coat.

Why should I stay? Nor seed nor fruit have I, But, sprung at once to beauty's perfect round, Nor loss nor gain nor change in me is found, - A life-complete in death-complete to die.

Basically, I just want to make movies and maybe even produce TV later down the line, do some writing, maybe a tour with my music. And start a family! That's really important to me.

Government not just for a few, it belongs to the common people.

Genius has no taste for weaving sand.

You try not to talk about the past too much as an artist. Instead, you focus on the continuity of your work.