Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.

Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing.

Clinton's an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.

Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.

The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best.

When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.

When I say be skeptical of everything I mean it. Just because someone was elected to do a job doesn't mean that person has any idea of what they're doing.

I thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts.

Jump in the urinal and stand on your head. I'm the one that's alive. You're all dead.

Climbing your personal Everest, do your best to make sure it won’t end up being your Calvary.

Stand firm. Stand tall.You are a tower of God.

So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.

People go to movies or listen to music because they want to be inspired.

I'm a method actress in my songs, which is why it's hard to sing them.

Language is the instrument in all cases and can language be trusted?If it were not for language, could we lie?

The key to intimacy is the commitment to honesty and to the radical forgiveness necessary in order for honesty to be safe.

Assuming that women don't like football and that men aren't intersted in home decorating and cooking.