An actual understanding of our economy is that our economy most depends on our rate of innovation... It's not actually understood by most of the people running for office, but it's not in fact disputed.

The Expanded Learning Time program is a voluntary one - only districts and schools that want to apply are in the program and supported by the state to pursue their plans.

There are very few people who have had as much public impact as I've already had... without being elected to public office in Massachusetts.

Athletics and physical activity are important parts of youth development, in my experience and view.

The fans are very, very important in the team's success. Instead of acting up, you're cheering for the team.

I didn't even have a clear idea of why I wanted to go to Oxford - apart from the fact I had fallen in love with the architecture. It certainly wasn't out of some great sense of academic or intellectual achievement. In many ways, my education only began after I'd left university.

Whatever success I have found has been a collaborative effort of people helping out and opening their minds and being accepting and celebrating who I am.

Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.