The biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United States, kids don't die of diarrhea anymore, but it's a huge problem in the developing world.

Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.

Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they're born.

Government funding that's coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It's really palpable - it's making a huge difference saving lives.

In the United States, there's definitely some controversy about birth control in general, and I think we needed to split the debate and have people realize that we actually agree as a country about contraceptives. Over 93 percent of American women say they use contraceptives, and they feel very good about it.

Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.

We set out what's going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we'll reassess that... sometimes every week.