We still have gaps that are rooted in gender inequality. Certainly we have discrimination against the LGBT community.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

Drink in the moon as though you might die of thirst.

Take this treasure, Leave one of your own, And remember this truth:You are not alone.

Elia Kazan - the films he made were such a big deal for me when I was growing up.

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Writing is the only profession where nobody considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Money is like an arm or a leg; use it or lose it.

Flippancy may be a lance tilted in the face of fear.

All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics.

To live in the past or in the future may be less satisfying than to live in the present, but it can never be as disillusioning.

Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.