"My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim."
"Meanness is the one thing I do get upset about on those rare occasions when I see it."
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"You have to have a government that does give both money and energy to function in a leadership role modeling giving for the people. Government is supposed to lead by example in many cases."
"Government should exist in order to help fortify the country and make those who are in need better able to meet their own."
"I absolutely do believe that we need to not be so myopic. We ought to throw open widely the windows on the world in order to learn more about it."
"You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something and have a certain optimism."
"Faith and optimism come from love."