“My deep emotional connection to my mother, a remarkable woman who made...” — Mazie Hirono Quote

“My deep emotional connection to my mother, a remarkable woman who made a hard choice to save her children, and who valiantly struggled to care for us as a single parent, is the current that has driven my entire life. Everything I've accomplished is a testament to her fortitude.”

“I was born at home in rural Japan.”

“Hawaii - the Aloha state - is built on the strength of its multicultural society, from our indigenous Native Hawaiian people to the many immigrants that followed.”

“We don't often truly consider the embeddedness of black folks in the American imaginary. America would not exist in its current form without the long history of the black experience, of course; and what that means, very viscerally, on the visual level, is almost impossible to consider.”

“I try hard to look hip but ladylike; current, but not like I'm trying to be 16.”

“If you're an entrepreneur and you think that the president makes a difference to your business, you should stay at your current job.”