The first sort of big present I remember getting from Santa Claus was quite a small telescope that I remember going into our backyard with my parents and figuring out how to assemble, and staring at the night sky, just for hours, with both of my parents.

I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

We need Hollywood to make movies and television shows about sexy female engineers.

At the fourth grade level, girls at the same percentages of boys say they're interested in careers in engineering or math or astrophysics, but by eighth grade that has dropped precipitously.

I find the fact that more than 750,000 children still die every year around the world because of severe dehydration due to diarrhea unacceptable.

I love living in New York.

I walk my dog every morning.

My grandmother was determined that everyone feel a sense of optimism and opportunity.

My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.

I think we need to care about the metrics of success in life, and I'm a pretty competitive person.

I was working full-time and going to school at night and on the weekends. It was just crazy.

Your mother embarrasses you in front of maybe a couple hundred people. My mother embarrasses me in front of millions.

Changing laws and changing the political dialogue, while necessary, is insufficient to ensure that bullying stops; to ensure that every young person is supported by their parents and their teachers as they question who they are and they discover who they are regardless of the sexuality.

I remember that my mom, my dad and I would play different roles in mock debates, where one of us would be the moderator, one of us would be my dad - frequently not my dad - and then one of us would play his opponent.

Role models really matter. It's hard to imagine yourself as something you don't see.

When I was born, my father was governor of Arkansas.

If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't.

People recognize me. Most people are really nice. Sometimes people say, 'Hi, Chelsea.'

I hope to become a better teacher. I love teaching.

Millennials are often portrayed as apathetic, disinterested, tuned out and selfish. None of those adjectives describe the Millennials I've been privileged to meet and work with.

It's a widely-held belief that Millennials are obsessed with money. And it's also wildly true. Just don't mistake it for a fixation with getting rich.

Caricatured as navel-gazers, Millennials are said to live for their 'likes' and status updates. But the young people I know often leverage social media in selfless ways.

I hope that my children will someday be as proud of me as I am of my mom. I am so grateful to be her daughter. I'm so grateful that she is Charlotte's and Aiden's grandmother. She makes me proud every single day.

There's something else that my mother taught me, public service is about service. And, as her daughter, I've had a special window into how she serves. I've seen her holding the hands of mothers, worried about how they'll feed their kids, worried about how they'll get them the healthcare they need.

My earliest memory is my mom picking me up after I had fallen down, giving me a big hug and reading me 'Goodnight Moon.' From that moment, to this one, every single memory I have of my mom is that regardless of what was happening in her life, she was always, always there for me.

I never once doubted that my parents cared about my thoughts and my ideas. And I always, always knew how deeply they loved me. That feeling of being valued and loved, that's what my mom wants for every child.

And every day that I spend as Charlotte and Aiden's mother, I think about my own mother, my wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious mother.

The love that comes from friendship is the underlying facet of a happy life.

You can't fast-forward heartbreak, and you can't rewind love - and that's just one big bummer.

You can't have friendships that aren't based on realness.

People are following me because they want to see pictures of me. So why is Instagram editing them?

I was tortured, and probably half of it was deserved, but I was bullied - so much so that there were days when I was like, 'I can't go to school today.' I was too scared.

I'm actually a big fan of Kathy Griffin because I think she's really funny. I think she's really self-deprecating, which is something I like to see in a comedian. I think those are really the best comedians: people who can make fun of themselves.

I've always been exactly who I am on TV. I'm not playing a role.

When you interview celebrities, they're so guarded so many times, they can't reveal anything.

Jennifer Aniston is one of the most down-to-earth, low-key people I know.

You either become like your parents or you become the opposite of your parents. And I like to think that I'm the opposite of my parents.

I've always had a big personality. I was trickier as a kid. I behaved erratically instead of consistently. I would have tons of friends, and then I would have no friends. I'd be with the cool girls, then the uncool girls. I migrated from group to group because I was bored or people got bored with me. I was very intense.

I'm a devilish kind of person, but I embrace it. I don't try to fight it. It's proven very well for me.

We women have to stick together.

Don't think about anything for too long. Even if it's off-the-wall, go for it. You'll have a lot more fun in life.

I try not to cheat on my boyfriends when I have them.

As the youngest of six kids, I grew up spending summers on Martha's Vineyard, and I was always topless. All the pictures are of me in jean shorts, no shirt - with my brothers, playing football.

Everything isn't permanent, so don't pretend that it is. Everything's supposed to move and shift.

Have you ever been sued by a midget? It's not fun.

Men are always like, 'You're so intimidating.' I don't find myself to be. But whatever - I'm not going to try to be less intimidating. It's just a matter of finding a guy who's able to deal with it.

It's a dream come true to have someone else portray me. Because I've been living this life for a long time, and I'm over myself.

It's a pleasure to play my sister because everything I've accused her of my whole life, I can now re-enact before her eyes.

People ask me why I'm so hard on men. It's because they've gotten a really easy ride. And it's not that I think women should take over the world. But I do think it should be 50/50.