New York traffic can drive you crazy.

I felt that it was deeply moving and profound, and of course everybody was like, "Oh, the president [Barack Obama] can sing!" Maybe a little off key! I actually think that the sermon reinforced the very nature of the grace that the victims' families had shown to the world.

The greatest contribution you can make to women's rights, is to be the absolute ... best at what you do.

Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.

The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consider the world, our earth, to be like a school, and our life, the classrooms. Sometimes on our planet life school, the lessons often come dressed up as detours and road blocks and sometimes as full blown crises. And the secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons.

I set out to really build this universe of interfaith connectedness, where people could see that other people in different parts of the world are very much like them.

Great communication begins with connection.