I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.

Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.

Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.

Teaching is a profession in which capacity building should occur at every stage of the career - novices working with accomplished colleagues, skillful teachers sharing their craft, and opportunities for teacher leadership.

It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.

I love school. I was a great student.

The prevailing view was that girls were outside of school because of the resistance of families to their education. But when I visited a local village, what everyone told me - the chiefs, the parents, the children - was that girls weren't in school because it was the boys that had a better chance of getting paid work in the future.