One of the things that made American Pie great was also the sexiness of it.

I just went to Hebrew school, had a bar mitzvah. No crazy weird Jewish cult.

When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred.

I chose law because writing was involved. I didn't realize how boring legal writing was, but I even learned to love that.

My scars were reflecting the mist in your headlights I looked like a neon zebra, shaking rain off her stripes

Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same.

The carrot and the stick are prevasive and persuasive motivators. But if you treat people like donkeys, they will perform like donkeys.

It is my great hope that our paths, however long and winding, will cross again.

Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.

I am extremely intentional in making the environment around me playful and loving. I have great skill in that area.

This is the Democratic paradox: You want so much to run America and yet you seem not so fond of Americans.

Over half of people who are working now and over 50 have nothing for retirement savings. They will only have Social Security to rely on.