To me, it is a process, a process that starts with raising awareness, engaging international partners on this issue, and being committed to a different course of action.

Inclusion and fairness in the workplace . . . is not simply the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do.

If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.

The fact of the matter is, this is a very dynamic economy we have, and in this dynamic economy, you have a lot of job gains, but you also have job loss.

Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.

We have had actually a decline in government service overall, but the growth is in high-tech areas, specialty areas in the Labor Department and other departments.

Well, I tell young people to be successful today that, first of all, that what you learn today directly impacts what you earn tomorrow. This is a knowledge-based economy.

Unlike any other time in our history, we have to know that staying in school and getting an education is the most important thing you can do.

If there was anything any Radchaai considered essential for civilised life, it was tea.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.

A donkey appears to me like a horse translated into Dutch.

I'd never touch anything. I think it's foolhardy to play around with the face that you've been given. To have a little snip or a tuck, I think, is really quite obscene.

I do keep pre-occupied.

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

Like any of life's refining fires, cancer is a potentially profound learning experience. So what did I learn? I learned that profound learning experiences are vastly overrated.

On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight

We should lay in a store of food, but never of pleasures; these should be gathered day by day.