Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.

If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different, I'd rather be completely #$%^&^& mental.

We need policies for long-term security that are designed by women, focused on women, executed by women not at the expense of men, or instead of men, but alongside and with men.

Family is what grounds you.

Over 20 million children of conflict are out of school. Education is often forgotten.

If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart.

I'm not a hugger. People make fun of me. It's something that I have a hard time with. If someone hugs me, I hold my breath. Snuggling, cuddling, hugging, crying - all that stuff makes me very uncomfortable.