In the wider context, what I believe I was - the point I was making was that our life experiences do permit us to see some facts and understand them more easily than others.

The President [Barack Obama] had suggested that I not watch the news during the confirmation process. I assiduously followed his advice.

I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.

I didn't know I had a sense of limitation until I got into the greater world.

If I go home, get a gun, come back and shoot you, that may not be legal under New York law because you would have alternative ways to defend.

I am a very spiritual person. Maybe not traditionally religious in terms of Sunday Mass every week, that sort of thing.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.