The world can't have a global solution to climate change with U.S. action alone; and the world can't have a global solution without U.S. action.

No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.

I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world.

I think of love as an action. Finding something that's outside of yourself, to serve someone else's soul, helping to ignite someone else's spirit, to bring about ease of heart and joy, serenity in somebody else.

I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went to the West Bank and Gaza Strip because I wanted to see what three generations of occupation had done to Palestinian society. I found a lot more hopelessness and despair in Palestine.

It doesnt matter if youre black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful.

I think the main thing I would say is, don't settle. Don't settle for something that's not great.