HILLARY CLINTON

"If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust."

"Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life."

"In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart."

"I am 100% in the camp that says forgiveness is mostly about the forgiver."

"Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers."

"I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair."

"The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."

"If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval."

"In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics."

"American politics is always an open competition."

"One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries."

"Remember, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, have a working relationship with the Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been incredibly professional."

"I don't think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life. That is just nonsense to me."

"Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice."

"I believe climate change is real and that we can save our planet while creating millions of good-paying clean energy jobs."

"It became clear to me that simply caring is not enough. To drive real progress, you have to change both hearts and laws. You need both understanding and action."

"We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin, all languages, all religions, all races, can make a home. America was built by immigrants."

"Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called 'It Takes a Village.' And a lot of people looked at the title and asked, 'What the heck do you mean by that?' This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone."

"Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly."

"My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before."