The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably.

We must also recognize the new realities of modern warfare and the modern landscape of a battlefield.

My Dad wanted me to be able to play with him and my brothers. I was the only girl!

Democrats don't have a lot of time to turn the party around.

The political future for Democrats is daunting.

Democrats don't sound united.

When it comes to pay raises, Congress always plays the role of Grinch. The bill extends an existing pay freeze for Vice President Joe Biden, specifically, and senior political appointees broadly.

We must submit to God's righteous rule.

If you have the chance to achieve, do it. Life is about taking a chance on something incredible.

Your character should always be stronger than your circumstances.

Discipline, Norah. If you're going to taunt them, remember to stick out your tongue.

I want to write some books. Books that have nothing to do with music, just some fiction type of books for a whole different audience of people.

Violence and nonviolence are, after all, two different forms of theater. They both depend and thrive on the response of an audience.

Acting is a youthful profession.

I'm not much of a Method actress, so even though my character in The Ghost Writer was quite dark and bad-tempered, I could only do that if I was seeming quite perky.

Funny thing about faith ... it goes a lot faster than it comes.

The old priest Peter Gilligan Was weary night and day; For half his flock were in their beds, Or under green sods lay.