There are so many people who've come before me who deserved to be tired. Who didn't have the opportunities, who didn't have the access, who didn't have the money, who didn't have the influence, who didn't have the voice.

Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.

Reading gave me hope.

Well, I am a Christian who believes that there are certainly many more paths to God other than Christianity.

If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course.

I don't yell at people, I don't mistreat people. I don't talk down to people, so no one else in this building, in this vicinity, has the right to do it.

Ordinary people can bring about change.