My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 13 and it was something we weren't really aware of as a family.
→I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.
→Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
→Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
→Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models.
→Internet safety begins at home and that is why my legislation would require the Federal Trade Commission to design and publish a unique website to serve as a clearinghouse and resource for parents, teachers and children for information on the dangers of surfing the Internet.
→There's always an article coming out, saying, 'The new thing is funny women!'
→My family moved - first to Washington, D.C., and then, in the spring of 1975, to Lebanon, where my father worked as a diplomat at the American embassy. My parents were enthusiastic about the move, so my older brother and I felt like we were off to some place kind of cool.
→Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late. Someday change will be accepted as life itself.
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