"I went to Catholic school throughout my whole academic life. In fact, my children - my husband and I and our children in my own family now have over 100 years of Catholic education among us."

"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."

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

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