the separation of church and state grew out of a desire, not so much to protect government from religion, but to protect religion from government.

what we call things matters. ... The words we use, and how we perceive those words, reflect how we value, or devalue, people, places, and things.

I really feel like if you can get past your fear, if you can say, "Uh-uh, I'm afraid to do that and I'm going to do it anyhow," that that's really the way to have a satisfying life moving forward. I think I had that kind of fearlessness even as a young person. It wasn't tempered by experience or wisdom, but it took me a long way.

Obama doesn't seem like a burger and a beer kind of guy. I have to say, I don't find that problematic at all.

I don't understand how people learn to live in the world if they haven't had siblings. Everything I learned about negotiation, territoriality, coexistence, dislike, inbred differences and love despite knowledge I learned from my four younger siblings.

When children are small, parents should run their lives and not the other way around.

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to leave, what message do we send about the roles of women?