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" As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me. "
Africa
Young
Me
" As someone who has been both a full-time mom and full-time in work force, I know we all have valuable experiences that shape who we are. "
Experiences
Work
Mom
" At the end of the day, no one asks a woman, 'Do you need a neck rub? Do you need a drink, honey?' "
End Of The Day
End
Day
" I always think that women are the chaos managers of life. "
Life
Chaos
Always
" I am always who I am, and anyone who's known me forever will tell you that. I guess there's enough of a child in me that that's important. "
You
Enough
I Am
" I am the product of living in dictatorships. And someone who's lived in dictatorships and not being allowed to be themselves, it cherishes the ability to be yourself and to have feelings and to speak them when asked. And I am that person. "
Be Yourself
Yourself
Speak
" I am very concerned about junk food in the schools. "
Junk
Junk Food
Food
" I couldn't not be who I am. That bubble eventually bursts down the road. So you just have to be real, and when you goof up, say you goofed up. "
Down
Bubble
You
" I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. "
Calm
Eye
Good
" I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech. "
Political
Freedom
Fight
" If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics. "
Want
Everyone
Go
" I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa. "
Up
Dictatorship
Grew
" I have a very personal feeling about how special America is, and I know how precious freedom is. It is a sacred gift, sanctified by those who have lived it and those who have died defending it. My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called 'opinionated,' is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish. "
America
Mind
Voice
" I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say. "
Surprise
Hope
Will
" I like to bring people together so we don't waste opportunities and resources and keep doing the wrong things when we know better. Corporate America makes great things and things that can hurt us. They have to be part of the solutions. There's nothing to say you don't make a profit by doing good. "
People
Great
America
" I'm an African American. "
African
American
African American
" I may be a good Catholic, a bad Catholic or a so-so Catholic, but that's who I am. "
Bad
May
I Am
" I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture. "
People
Culture
Age
" I'm the wife. I'm the mom. I'm the friend. And, you know, my friends call me 'Mama T,' or 'Dr. T,' and that's, guess, what I am - the Mama T and the Dr. T. That's who I am. "
Friend
Mom
Me
" In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism. "
Done
Destroy
Democracy
" I never cook from cookbooks. "
Cookbooks
Never
Cook
" I think a man and a woman, on a whole array of issues, including raising children, have differences, and then you work them through. "
Man
Children
Think
" I think people should be who they are. If someone is a great mother, or a great personal friend to their friends and just a loving person, that's all they should be, if that's what they want to be, 'cause it's genuine. "
Think
Mother
Great
" I've always worked on bipartisans, whether it's on healthcare, drug reform, et cetera. All my work is bipartisan, because what I'm - as nonpartisan actually, because I look for solutions. I'm very practical. "
Always
Because
Look
" I was always impressed by Betty Ford and what she went through and how full of integrity she was, and how brave. I think Mrs. Reagan was a role model of my mother's generation, intelligent, very supportive of her husband. I am very different from my mom, but I admired her devotion. "
Integrity
She
Mother
" John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil. "
Boy
Girl
Need
" Love is a big thing - it's part of who you become, how you grow up. I had a wonderful husband, and I'm very lucky I have a second wonderful husband. You know, some people don't even score the first time. "
Husband
People
Love
" My only self-confidence and satisfaction comes from the people that I do meet; I have fondness for people. I mean, I like to hug. And I also like to be hugged. "
People
Self-Confidence
Meet
" My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African. "
Fruits
Remember
Trees
" There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do. "
Stand
Noticing
May
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