One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.

We should learn to tolerate nuclear weapons of North Korea just like we did the Soviet Union.

Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.

President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.

I am a team player - and that is what you need to be an effective point guard. You gotta see the court, you gotta set up the play, and you gotta let others execute for the most part. I don't throw elbows for the sake of throwing elbows, but if somebody throws one at me and it's necessary to respond in kind, I suppose I can if I have to.

I read a ton of paper every day. I read the newspapers, I read my intelligence materials, I read all the briefing materials. I read the newspaper in hard copy.

When my son was a mere three months old, I started working at the State Department. I was not only the youngest Assistant Secretary of State but I was also a breastfeeding mother. I'm the first to admit that this felt crazy at times, and the balancing act is never ever easy. But my two kids are the most wonderful things that have ever happened to me.