I've been for women's empowerment my entire life.

Life is about compromise - in relationships and at work.

The assault weapon ban in this country should be reinstated.

It is what it is. It, meaning terrorism. Terrorism is what it is.

I respond to every email. I sign every autograph for every person.

I defend CNN! I defend all sorts of people when I think it's wrong.

Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself.

I have strived to empower women and girls throughout my entire career.

I felt like it was a sense of duty for me to give these women a voice.

There's something about winning Miss America that brings out the snark.

I'm a huge believer in visualizing achieving the task before it happens.

Holding true to what you believe - even in a big city - is so important.

I'm a big believer in always challenging yourself and learning new skills.

A lot of things I've done in my life have taken incredible mental fortitude.

The challenging part of parenting is to stick to your ideals and not give in.

Being REAL means showing people who you are underneath all the TV make up too.

I've always been an incredibly strong person, and I've also been underestimated.

The future is wide open. I may actually go back and get that law degree someday.

Maybe it's because I'm short and blond, but people have really underestimated me.

For all of you out there who don't know what 'ignoramus' is, it's an ignorant lawyer.

Self esteem is built from the inside out and that is my inspiring message to all people.

I do think we need to find common ground on some of these major issues facing our nation.

Gratitude needs to come back in a big way and I hope to encourage people to get involved.

Sometimes when women come forward about sexual harassment, they're seen as a troublemaker.

Men need to hire more women and put them in higher positions of power within organizations.

The minute that you go to arbitration, it's 100% confidential, so nobody ever hears about it.

We need a woman in the White House right now. I really think that women want to work together.

Sexual harassment can really affect you for a long time, and I want more women to come forward.

It's so unbelievable that in 2017, almost every single woman has a story about sexual harassment.

One of the most important things to do is to raise our kids in a respectful way with both genders.

Arbitration clauses have become prevalent in most corporate agreements or contracts for employees.

We need more women in higher roles, because the tone for sexual harassment would no doubt be different.

I am particularly distressed when people in the public eye who influence our culture perpetuate sexism.

The political scenario has gotten so divisive - not only in Washington, D.C., but across the country, too.

Hearing that I had a 3 percent chance of ever having kids was one of the more devastating moments in my life.

My vibrato was my weakness. With romantic pieces, I could be a lot more schmaltzy. My wider vibrato fit that.

We need to stand together with all of the victims [ of sexual harassment] and make sure they are not silenced.

One of my proudest moments in life was earning the valedictorian medal in high school. I worked so hard for it!

I'm a person who likes to give 100 percent to everything I do. I want to be the best at my job and as a mother.

I've been truly blessed to have so many supporters and, of course, blessed to have my family and all my friends.

I've never understood why it's a negative to showcase a talented, smart woman who also happens to be attractive.

I learned that I had to work triply hard every time I started a new job in a newsroom to prove my value and worth.

After I won Miss America, I called my dad, who had four kids in college, to say he no longer had to pay for Stanford.

I felt vindicated that I decided to speak up for not only myself but women all across the nation who've been put down.

I wanted to see how much of an insult it was to be called an ignoramus. I didn't know what it meant; I just Googled it.

I grew up thinking that I could be anything I wanted to be in this world because my mom told me that every single night.

Through the many struggles in my life, my faith is sometimes the only thing I have to hold onto. God was my only friend.

I believe every child is born with a gift from God - big or small - and that we should all make the most of our talents.

I am saddened by the prevalence of powerful men disrespecting and objectifying women - and getting away with it for years.

I'm ready to move on to the next chapter of my life in which I will redouble my efforts to empower women in the workplace.

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