There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.

I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.

Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.

How can you live without everything touching you?

Don’t we have to live a little first? And read later?

While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.

I write every moment that is humanly possible. I write every day and every night. The only discipline I lack is the discipline is to quit.

I think audiences definitely respond to people who are not living the perfect lives. The flawed characters, the people who are struggling. The antiheroes - people like to see that a lot more.

One should never know too precisely whom one has married

Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.

Mastery is in the reaching, not in the arriving.