"To make your own choices, but be thoughtful about them, not rash."

"As long as you had that grounding, as long as you had that place where you knew you could draw strength, where you kn…"

"Diplomacy is about meeting the world with open eyes, attuned listening and small gestures of outreach. It was second …"

"So much of what happened to me professionally felt like I was floating in a cauldron, and so much about this book is …"

"When I was a little girl, I believed that my life would somehow be different from the lives of everyone around me"

"Take a chance. Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know. And don’t fall in love with Plan A."

"I am firmly convinced that the conduct of the Irish in America has been strongly influential in winning for those at …"

"Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal."

"I do not care what other nations might do or may have done. I do not take advice from them. The higher mission of our…"

"I know myself well enough to be positive that I couldn't have lived through a whole year, or even a whole week, witho…"