My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken man in a rage can create in a child.

The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.

In no small part I think all of us kind of look in the mirror and feel good or not feel good about the person we seen in the mirror in no small part because of the jobs we have.

You all know I love L.A., but tonight I really love L.A.

We're not a homogeneous party, anymore than the Republicans are. But we are a party that I think has a plan to take us forward.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.