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I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power. ”
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works. ”
There were many things in my childhood I sacrificed: I started travelling quite young, compromising school in terms of learning and time with friends doing normal stuff as a kid you want to do. But obviously I wouldn't change a day. ”
Improving, for me, is quite natural as I'm always critical of myself. ”
I think the Bush Administration was bound and determined on regime change, and we will be paying the price of that for some time to come. ”
The human and environmental devastation caused by nuclear weapons - whether by testing, mistake or malice - is the very reason we need to eliminate them altogether. ”
My theory is this: Rather than having commentaries from the cheap seats, get involved and see what you can do. What can you do around your own community, within your own family, to try to improve race relations in our country? I think this is a responsibility that we all have as citizens. ”
I'm kind of old to change. But if somebody were to come to me and say, 'You know what, Valerie? I think if you were to do this it would be more helpful,' of course I would listen to that. ”
You can't just shuffle people around like they're deck chairs on a ship. You have to help them change their lives, and you have to give them the requisite resources to do so. ”
Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change. ”