We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.

Barack Obama was always special, you know? And not special, like, He's gonna be important, he's gonna be president. He was special in terms of his honesty, his sincerity, his compassion for other people.

Do not die in the history of your past hurts and past experiences, but live in the now and future of your destiny.

Every elected official on this planet should understand - don't play with our children, don't do it.

It should be fun introducing kids to fruits and vegetables. If you start young, it will be something that they'll attach to really quickly.

There is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence.

And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.