Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.

You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.

You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.

If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.

I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things.