If you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would some day become communist. . . . I, a socialist, think that we should strive toward a socialist society, all the way to communism.

I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

My life is a stairway to heaven, not a 'decline into decrepitude.

Getting fit is a political act - you are taking charge of your life.

You can run the office without a boss, but you can't run an office without secretaries.

You are being used as cannon fodder for U.S. imperialism.