And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system.

So there really was a whole series of things that took the women of my generation a little bit of time to push forward.

As a child, I really did see buildings bombed, and what makes me different from an American that's the same age as I am is that I can understand what happens when there is fighting in a way that they couldn't.

The American Dream means being part of a society that allows you to be or do whatever you want, and to have a sense that your individual optimism and hard work will be rewarded. It exists outside of the U.S. as well as inside. People continue to come here because they want to improve their lives, they want to be able to support themselves and they want to live in freedom. A lot of people who criticize this country still send their children here to study.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

I do think that one needs to have respect for people who are older. And I really do love the idea that one can respect generations.

I think we all are people that are the product of our backgrounds. It's wrong to think that you're not.