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Change isn't easy, it takes time.
I've been a Democrat all my life.
I grew up in New York, I love New York.
I have a lifelong devotion to public service.
Now is the time to move this country forward.
I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.
I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.
The most beautiful people are all in the library.
Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.
I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.
Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.
Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.
Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up.
I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.
I can’t stand to hear his [Obama’s] voice anymore. He’s a liar, and worse.
I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.
When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.
In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.
Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.
As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.
Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.
The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.
I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.
Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.
In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me.
I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.
People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
I have come to believe, more strongly than ever, that after people die they really do live on through those who love them.
In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible.
I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.
I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.
To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.
There's so much to think about when you're becoming an adult, and there's so many great poems about that apprehension and excitement.
You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.
I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.
Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.
I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.
The amazing thing about the winners is that none of them really felt that they were doing anything special. They just felt like it was the right thing to do.
The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.
Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.
We need a President who is not afraid of complexity, who believes in an open and tolerant society, and who knows that the world can be made new again - and that President is Al Gore.
The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.
In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article.
I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.
After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.
Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
Most of the books that I've written have been focused on, sort of, the individual, and sort of, either a voice, a personal voice, or a kind of transforming event where they step forward to fight for something they value.
I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen.
John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.
I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president - not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.