What I learned is, we have to listen to each other, even when we don't agree, even when we think we hate each other. We have to listen to each others narratives. Not interrupt defensively, or with hostility, but really try to open our hearts and listen with empathy. I learned so much from that meeting. It was a very difficult thing to do and it was one of the best things that I ever did in my life. Look what scares you in the face, and try to understand it. Empathy, I have learned, is revolutionary.

If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.

I confess. If the law had been appiled to me properly for what I did in Vietnam, I'd have been convicted for high treason.

The more you treat yourself positively, the less you'll want or need to be negative.

We all, in fact, carry so many people inside us; the only difference is that actors get paid for it, and we sort of spruce it up a bit.

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.