“As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more i...” — Emmylou Harris Quote

“As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble.”

“You meet a lot of people and have a lot of experiences, and they color you and stay with you - but I'm not the grieving widow. Life is much more complicated and interesting and full of zigs and zags than that.”

“Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.”

“I think that literature has the important effect of creating free, independent, critical citizens who cannot be manipulated.”

“I think Puerto Rico becoming a state would fulfill the destiny of 3.5 million American citizens that live in Puerto Rico.”

“My fellow citizens, the state of our city is strong.”