I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

We don't need a report out of Washington to tell us that people in Michigan are hurting.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

I'm fifty-six and still a Virgo

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.