For me it's just so exciting to have a daughter because I do think she will have even more opportunities than I had, and I had more opportunities than certainly my grandmother had. It's the arc of history, always bending toward justice and opportunity, and she will be part of that.

He has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.

Intellectually, I loved my job, but I didn't get any meaning from it.

Patience is a virtue, but impatience gets things done.

I do really well in the traditional board games: Backgammon, Checkers.

My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.