"Some people say I have issues. I say those people need to expand their horizons because I don't have issues, I have the Library of Congress"
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"Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making sure that a mom doesn't die in childbirth, making sure that she has access, for instance, to AIDS medication."
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"I like writing about the issues we all bump up against as we get older, but I try to present them in a fun way."
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"Those fruity drinks better have a lot of caffeine in them or I'll never make it through World Issues."
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"A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy rests only with the Security Council."
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"It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle."
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"If there is one area where equity is crucial and essential, I think it should be the issue of water."
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"I've always thought about gender, as someone who has been categorically "gender nonconforming" for my entire life, I was forced to think about it, but obviously I became more conscious of it as a social issue as I've gotten older. And as I've met more folks who are genderqueer or trans, it's been really enlightening to hear their stories, and it got me thinking about my own gender history."
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"We're going to use Terri Schiavo later on. This is going to be an issue in 2006 and it's going to be an issue in 2008, because we're going to have an ad with a picture of Tom DeLay saying, "Do you want this guy to decide whether you die or not, or is that going to be up to your loved ones?"
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"I think jokes are a perfectly viable form of literature. Some critics take issue with me because I make my points and discuss my ideas with jokes, rather than with oceanic tragedy."
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"I've worked on movies that are being rewritten as you go, but you take so long and so much time doing it, that it's not really an issue knowing what's going to happen or how the movie is going to end."
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