We are very much social creatures who model ourselves on one another.

I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and I would have no answer.

Freedom is not the capacity to do whatever we please; freedom is the capacity to make intelligent choices.

I like to think of power back in its Latin root, its meaning comes from posse - to be able.

I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem - and eating some of it doesn't directly take food out of the mouths of starving people - but it is, to me, a symbol and a symptom of the basic irrationality of a food system that's divorced from human needs. Therefore, using less meat can be an important way to take responsibility. Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.

Beauty exists irrespective of financial circumstances.

What gave her [Diane Wilson] the courage? If you look at someone like Diane, it's easy to say, well I could never be like that. But we don't know. We do know that it's possible for a woman, who didn't grow up as a world changer, to find it in herself to take a stand.