I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international relations. I'm proud of my career, the first one, and I'm proud of the other two, too.

I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.

Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.

I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.

There’s nothing like real love. Nothing.

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways - in science, in politics, in every bold intention.

Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.