I don't care about the respect of the press or the public or anybody. Whose respect every day I'm trying to garner is the respect of my children and my grandchildren and my friends, the people I work with.
I am not a weirdo, a wacko, or an eccentric for wanting to do good, honest work on a day-to-day basis.
A truly empowered woman turns her values into verbs. She understands what she values most, and she takes steps to bring that value to life.
Politics is an ugly and thankless role.
With my children, balance was everything: being not just a workaholic, not only studying but taking time to renew and restore yourself and taking time to pay attention to your brain health and not assume, as we all do, that our brains are perfect.
If you rely completely on protocol, you can become a robot.