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Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.

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.

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.

Well, I think, you know, the arts are really what - one of the things that make this country strong. We always think it's our economy or our military power, but in fact, I think it's our culture, our civilization, our ideas, our creativity.

The most beautiful people are all in the library.

Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals and imagine that together we can do great things. 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 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.

I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.

Now is the time to move this country forward.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

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.

I can’t stand to hear his [Obama’s] voice anymore. He’s a liar, and worse.

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.

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.

My mother ... had a very deep inner spirituality that allowed her to rebuild her life. It's extraordinary that she had such a strong sense of self and such a commitment to the future and such a strong creative sense that she could build new worlds for herself and for us out of the total devastation in her life.

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.

Well there's nobody who has a more supportive husband than I do, and he has a business that he runs, and it's his own business, so he has work to do, my kids have school to do, I mean, people have - there are other things in life besides politics.

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.

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.