Certainly, people can get ALONG without siblings. Single children do, and there are people who have irreparably estranged relationships with their siblings who live FULL and satisfying lives, but to have siblings and not make the most of that resource is squandering one of the GREATEST interpersonal RESOURCES you'll ever have.

Our progress as a NATION can be no swifter than our progress in EDUCATION. The HUMAN MIND is our fundamental resource.

Be KNOWN as a great resource. Are you an Excel genius? An expert on LOCAL restaurants? Fabulous at proofreading? GO beyond your job description by being an open resource for others in the company who could benefit from your talents. I believe that paying it FORWARD will serve you well one WAY or another in the future.

A great deal of energy is WASTED in HATING PEOPLE, and I can HONESTLY say I've no WISH to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone.

I hope nuclear becomes a part of the CONVERSATION, at the right TIME when we recognize the importance of that resource. I hope we can WORK that out as a country and figure out how we are going to PUT nuclear in the MIX.