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

I'm a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so's George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don't mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.

And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.

Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.

I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you're doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.