I'm inspired by my faith of course, and all the different people around me.

When I taught school, we just had the school cafeteria; we didn't have machines or things for children to buy food from. But parents can try to educate their children about choices. A lot of everything we're talking about that has to do with heart disease has to do with the choices that we make.

I was the same way after graduating with a degree in education. I started to teach and I was wondering: do I really know how to teach?

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.

Well, I think we ought to definitely look at it and debate it. I think there are a lot of people who have trouble coming to terms with that because they see marriage as traditionally between a man and a woman. But I also know that, you know, when couples are committed to each other and love each other, that they ought to have I think the same sort of rights that everyone has.

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.

Because women don't expect to have heart disease, a lot of times they don't seek help if they have the early symptoms of a heart attack.