If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive.

Video games seem to be mostly a boy thing - viewed by young boys and created by big boys. I believe that if more videos games were created by women, the violence in these games - especially against women - would be rapidly toned down.