"I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'"

"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

"The 'public' scares me, but people I trust."

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

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

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