The first day you're a leader is the beginning of the end of your political career.
Ultimately if you're a journalist, one day you're writing about figure skating, one day a political debate. I loved that about reporting. I like throwing my energies into various corners of the world.
The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law in the early part of his first administration.
To say that I could manipulate one of the men who has shown the most courage before the Cuban government, who gets beaten every day, who did a hunger strike that freed political prisoners... I think that's absurd.
I look forward to the day that I can go with my daughters to the polling station for them to cast their first vote.
I am a bit of a Pollyanna - I spend most of my day happy.
Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor.
Yes, I help my kids with their homework. But I also get bored doing it. I will sit and listen to my children pontificate and discuss their ideas till the day is long because it warms my heart, but I really don't want to do math!
It takes a good 35-40 minutes to do my iconic ponytail every day.
I wash my hair once a week. You can do that. I swear. My sister-in-law and all of my friends were like, 'I can't do that. It sounds gross.' Once you train your hair, it will do whatever you want it to do. And on day seven when it's too oily, you just put it in a ponytail.
Every day I grapple between 'I'm going to get married' and 'I'm going to spend the rest of my life alone with a poodle.'
If I need to take a break from work, I'll just Google dogs that are up for adoption in L.A. I really want a poodle mix, and I want to name her Rita. That's my dream, and one day it's going to happen.
When I finish something, I want it out that day. Pop music is like the daily paper. Its got to be there then, not six months later.
I love A Day to Remember. They really had that style down of doing heavy songs mixed with pop songs when nobody was doing that style of music.
One day my 3-year-old daughter said 'Your very handsome, Poppy.' That was the best compliment ever.
I'm always walking around with headphones on, creating my own soundtracks to whatever the day is. I think I have a poppy sensibility.
In my college years, I would retreat to our summer house for two weeks in June to read a novel a day. How exciting it was, after pouring my coffee and making myself comfortable on the porch, to open the next book on the roster, read the first sentences, and find myself on the platform of a train station.
I remember one day, when things were going frightfully well, I went to buy myself a really smashing car. I asked them to show me a Porsche with an automatic gearbox, and the salesman called over all the other salesmen, and they stood around absolutely roaring with laughter.
I often buy myself presents. Sometimes I will spend $100,000 in one day in a posh boutique.
Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better.
