We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

it is a longstanding principle that sitting national security advisers do not testify before the Congress.

I play classical music almost exclusively. I never mastered jazz or gospel in the way that my mother did. She was a fine improvisational musician. I pretty much have to stick to what's written on the page.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

I've found my place in life, that I'm passionate about, my talents and my passion have merged, and I'm trying to do the best that I can.

I remember classes in college where the professor was espousing certain theories about how blacks were inherently less intelligent. But I learned a long time ago to give people the benefit of the doubt, not to assume that somebody was reacting to you because of race.

You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.