Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption.

You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.

I think it would be great if everybody could be out. But it's such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that.

The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it.

Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.

I know that some things are beyond our control, some illnesses are beyond our control, we get sick, we don't know why. But let's pledge to do whatever we can to avoid those high medical bills.

Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don't know that I have.