“Change happens when young people pick up the torch and say “we’re going to change the world.””

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

I think the immediate thing is we stand up to protect those people who are in trouble.

Young People Can Swing the Election.

Congress must move forward vigorously and help the American people.

The Republicans must get their act together and protect working families.

We need an economy that works for all, not just the few.

Young people have the power to change this country and the world.

If we’re going to achieve the change we need, we must elect strong progressives to Congress.

Many families are struggling, at least there will be direct payments for every working class adult and their children, and an extension of unemployment benefits.

When we stand together there is nothing, nothing, nothing we cannot accomplish.

This level of inequality is immoral and unsustainable.

Republicans didn’t care about the deficit when it came to tax breaks for billionaires. We cannot buy into their rhetoric about the deficit now.

Fashion? Let’s get to work.

The American people need a raise, and they need it now.

Americans’ right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts.

If we can afford war, we can afford to support children going hungry.

Every day is an opportunity for a new life. Every day you stand at the tipping point of your life. And on any one day you can change the future – through the way that you feel.

Don’t be afraid to take time to learn. It’s good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.

Every single second is an opportunity to change your life, because in any moment you can change the way you feel.

I laughed. Partly at the joke, partly at how Afghan humor never changed. Wars were waged, the Internet was invented, and a robot had rolled on the surface of Mars, and in Afghanistan we were still telling Mullah Nasruddin jokes.

Going out of style isn’t a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year’s dress in order to make it worthless.

I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.

Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.

When you want to change your circumstances, you must first change your thinking.