Your kids grow up. I think they more than anything are making me feel as if, you know, you want to squeeze everything you got every single day out of this thing. Because it passes quick.

That window is closing. . . . Now, the clock is ticking. . . . We're not going to have these talks just drag out in a stalling process. . . . We haven't given away anything - other than the opportunity for us to negotiate

The American story has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment when the moment is hard. About rejecting panicked division for purposeful unity. About seeing a mountaintop from the deepest valley. That is why we remember that some of the most famous words ever spoken by an American came from a president who took office in a time of turmoil: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Of course I have got concerns. Donald Trump and I differ on a whole bunch of issues.

We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.

Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves.

The pyramids are one of those things that live up to the hype. They're elemental in ways that are hard to describe.