“The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan t...” — Jane D. Hull Quote

The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan their future growth and allow every citizen the right to be heard when those decisions are made.

Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan.

Arizona now has one of the most innovative systems of financing school construction in the nation.

While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me.

I am an Indian citizen. How can anyone label me as an outsider?

I didn't want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.

As a responsible citizen and a role model to a certain section of people, I need to use every available platform to reach out to the impressionable sections of our country.

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.

I consider myself to be a citizen of the world.