Wisdom
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- Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.
- Far too many women are much more hurt by being called fat or ugly than they are by being called not smart, or not a leader. If someone told me that I was stupid or that I wasn't a leader, or that I wasn't witty or quick or perceptive, I'd be devastated.
- The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with caution.
- We tell our students...if you get lucky, you better be ready.
- The most important thing to know as a staffer: please let the secret service know before you shoot off the confetti cannons.
- Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
- Dream big, but focus small on those day-to-day things that will get you to your goal.
- Albums – like books and black lives - they still matter.
- My brother was Muslim, and he was killed by people who pretend to be Muslims. They are terrorists, that's it.
- The movie Selma is a story about the American Civil Rights movement that totally worked and now everything is fine.
- [We remember] Martin Luther King as an idea, Selma as an idea…what can happen with strategy, with discipline, and with love.
- When I have children, I'm going to tell them to aspire to be third-string quarterbacks.