Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'

I have an awfully good life.

You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And politics ought to be fun -- after baseball it's our next favorite national pastime.