So I Think (obama) Definitely

One Of The First Lessons I Learned As A Mom Was To Forgive Myself For Not Being Perfect And To Try To Prioritize What Was Really Important. I Had To Really Accept Very Early On That After A While, Reading A Script And Finding The Form For The Class Trip, It Was Hard To Realize Which One Had Priority At Times. So I Just Had To Say, "you're Doing The Best You Can, And When You Make A Mistake, Apologize. Your Kids Know That You Love Them."

At The End Of Your Life, You Are Going To Want To Know That You Made Some Kind Of Difference.

I've Always Had A Really Developed Sense Of Justice. As A Child, I Would Rotate My Dolls' Dresses For Fear That They Might Come Alive At Midnight And One Of Them Would Always Have The Best Dress On. Whatever It Was That Made Me Worry About My Dolls I Suppose Has Paid Off In My Career Because, Really, An Actor Is All About Empathy And Imagination. And Those Are The Cornerstones Of Activism.

At A Time When Everything Seems So Out Of Control And The People You've Elected Are Bogus And There's So Much Random Violence And Hatred, It Fills You With Such Hope And Admiration To Even Be Part For A Short Time In A Community Where People Have Connected To Strangers To Try To Put Out A Hand.

New York Is Very User-friendly If You Don't Want To Be In A Car All The Time. It Can Also Provide You With Surprises Because It's So Compressed - If You Walk Around, You Just Find Things.