We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve.

Good schools, good jobs, good government. These are not unreasonable demands. But sadly, some of our people have already lost heart and have left Hawaii to look for these things elsewhere.

We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve.

I truly believe the brightest days lie ahead for the Great State of Hawaii.

Chronically homeless means constantly homeless; it means repeatedly homeless.

I'm not an education expert, and frankly I don't want to make education decisions for our state. But I am experienced at successfully managing organizations, and putting people on a path where they can succeed.

But before looking to the future, let's glance back at the road we've traveled these past two years because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future.

Politicians all too often think about the next election. Statesmen think about the next generation.

Throughout my political career, I've believed in the concept of home rule. Some call it local control. Whichever phrase you use, the concept is the same - the best decisions are those made closest to those who will be impacted by the decisions.

Electing pro-choice Republican women can help foster a discussion that reflects the full spectrum of views and can lead to a more balanced and responsible public dialogue.

It pains me deeply to see members of my own party attempting to legislate women's health and contraception choices.

When people are worried about the future, they don't take trips to Hawaii.

I truly believe the brightest days lie ahead for the Great State of hawaii.

We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just cant solve.

Chronically homeless means constantly homeless it means repeatedly homeless.

The Britney Spears movie was just fun and light, but let's talk about that in a few months.

Broken crayons still colour the same

The draconian prohibitions of the Taliban years and the gains Afghan women have achieved since the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001 are now well known and often cited: Today, Afghans lucky enough to live in secure regions can go to school, women may work in offices, and the burqa is no longer mandatory.

If you were a kid in 1955, you would pick up a copy of 'Popular Science' and it would say, 'This is the kind of car you're going to be driving in five years or in 20 years you'll be able to take a jet plane from New York to London in four hours,' or something like that. We actually got used to the idea that the future's going to be different.

We cannot uphold the rule of law only when it is consistent with our beliefs. We must uphold it even when it protects behavior that we don't like or is unattractive or is not admirable or that might even be hurtful.

Each generation has been an education for us in different ways. The first child with bloody nose was rushed to the emergency room. The fifth child with bloody nose was told to go to the yard immediately and stop bleeding on the carpet.

I was what? - twelve years old - and I was thrown in the cells with these people, so I learned fast.

Everyone lives by selling something.

You have to prioritize what you stress about when you have a child.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

I like facts and data because they help me think clearly, beyond the cultural messages that I ingest unwittingly, and sometimes find myself regurgitating almost unconsciously.

I've always had a quirky way of looking at things. It's my coping mechanism.

I think 'Shameless' is more of an everyman's show, whereas as great as I think 'Girls' is, it's got a smaller audience.

I don't see any new coal.

Honestly, I just assume that whatever is going to happen to me is going to happen. There it goes: someone is there, someone isn't there. This girl is here. This food is here. I think the clever people are the ones who do a little as possible.

However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment.

I don't want to be embarrassed when I go to see something on the screen. I don't want to listen to foul language, watch a lot of violence or see something immoral. I prefer stories with sensitivity and family values; films that strive to lift you up to a higher place in life.

The most important thing is to find the balance between city and nature. I have that 'hippie quality' - my husband is a super-hippie Los Angeles boy - so we'll have to make time to go to Puerto Rico, and upstate New York, and be sure we get to do outdoorsy stuff like that.

We are the playthings of the gods.

Those who have wrought great changes in the world never succeeded by gaining over chiefs; but always by exciting the multitude. The first is the resource of intrigue and produces only secondary results, the second is the resort of genius and transforms the universe.

Awareness without action is worthless.

Depression has been labelled the common cold of psychopathology. This comparison is unfortunate for it conveys the impression of a frequent but mild complaint. In reality ... depression is not only the most frequent mental health problem but is among the most serious.

The false separation between living and giving must end.

A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.