Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance in the world to pursue your dreams.

Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed. I can't write anything. When asked if she had a diary.

I've often thought that when something is hard for you, whether it's going to law school or anything else that challenges you, that's probably what you should do.

Sometimes there's not a direct transfer of skills from business to government, but sometimes what happened in business would be really bad for government.

I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.

How do we create jobs for so many Americans who are feeling pushed out, not just left out, pushed out of the modern economy. Obviously it's skills and education. But it's also jobs. So if I could do anything it would be to take this moment in time that we've got when, yes, our recovery is better, we've had steadier growth, I don't think President [Barack] Obama frankly gets the credit he deserves for the kind of steady hand that he and his advisers apply to moving through that really dangerous period.

Caring for others is an expression of what it means to be fully human.