"I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is very exemplary in her way. I look a lot like her, so I just had to do the opposite. Not that I got bad grades, but I was all about performance and just finding any way that I could to be involved in any kind of production."

"There's an internal battle. I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids and the kids win."

"I'm privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters."

"My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents."

"A complete investment in the Obama administration required that any real opposition had to be demonized. The investment in Barack Obama had to be protected."

"Wisdom principle 62 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 47."

"When purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."