I've tried to be very specific about what we can and should do.

I am surprised at the way people seem to perceive me, and sometimes I read stories and hear things about me and I go "ugh." I wouldn't like her either. It's so unlike what I think I am or what my friends think I am.

My mother implanted in me as a young girl...you can either be an actor in your own life, or a reactor in somebody else's.

We have fewer troops in Afghanistan than we had law enforcement [officers] at the Olympics in Salt Lake City.

We have undocumented immigrants in America who are paying more federal income tax than a billionaire. I find that just astonishing.

One of my favorite times was sitting reading quote books, which I did for hours on end.

I will always stand up and fight for you and fight for your jobs and fight for your families.