“If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.” — Jack Lew Quote

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.

It is time for the general fund to pay the Social Security fund back.

If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.

We obviously would like to get unemployment as low as we possibly can.

I don't define anything I eat as a vice.

When I reflect on the Colbert interview, it moved so quickly that what we didn't do was define white privilege, and I wish we had done that. White privilege is the benefit resulting from white being seen as the standard, regardless of gender and income.

I don't define myself as an actor at all. Nor is that my greatest passion in life by any stretch of the imagination.

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.