If you want extraordinary results you must put in extraordinary effort.

I still have that new senator smell.

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something.

Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.

Remember that the biggest thing you could do today is a small act of kindness.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

We need to be acting responsible as adults, and I don't endorse in any way the irresponsible use of marijuana. But I do believe we have come to a point in our society where we need to end prohibition. We need to have taxed, regulated marijuana within American communities.