Women are more than 50% of almost every country in the world. Countries rob themselves of the resources of women if they keep them as property. It isn't that women can't find work. It's just that women don't get paid for their work and are not recognized properly. It's something that has to be on the international agenda all the time.

I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

I teach at Georgetown, and I see that the students have so many different interests. The main thing is to match your passion with your knowledge, because you can't just be passionate without knowing the facts, and facts are really boring without passion.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

History is written backwards but lived forwards.