"We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them."

"I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad."

"I don't want to hope anymore. I don't think we should hope anymore. We hoped enough. Now we have to do. We all have to do now."

"I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen... she reminds me of my grandma."

"Do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity."

"You need a little bit of insanity to do great things."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."