My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time.

Even during my father's 1984 gubernatorial campaign, it was, 'Do you want to grow up and be governor one day?' 'No. I am four.'

Patience is a virtue, but impatience gets things done.

That's not what I want my children to hear. That's not representative of the country that I want my children to grow up in. And so that actually I found far more upsetting as a mom, as a woman, as an American, and even as my mother's daughter than anything they said about my mom.

We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world.

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

My parents were very firm about me always getting my homework done.