I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.

The more you focus on sex without love, and drugs and violence, lifestyle of intimidation and recycling, the less energy you spend on opening up the big tent.

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high.

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.