The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court.

We do not believe voters gave President Bush a mandate to turn back the clock decades on so many of our legal protections.

Funny how you can forget that every family isn't like yours.

If we're told that human ain't the highest among creatures, then it'd be difficult to raise human dignity into current level.

Sherrie would be there, and the last time I’d seen her at a social event she burst into tears when she saw me and ran out of the room. You’re upset, I’d yelled after her, meanly.

When my parents were getting divorced, I just said to myself, 'Go to sleep, and tomorrow you can go skiing.' I cried myself to sleep, and in the morning I was up on the mountain, and I was good.

Alec muttered a retort into his coffee. It rhymed with something that sounded a lot more like "ducking glass mole.

Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

The Holy Grail of universal coverage in the United States may remain out of reach unless, through rational collective action overriding some individual self-interest, we can reduce per capita costs.

I don't think there's anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards - in the life of an artist.

We lift ourselves by our thought.

When I was training, those were some of the most indelible experiences I've ever had, in my life. It is so raw. It is so human. It is so candid.