“As a kid, I was pretty obsessed with dinosaurs and the day that my parents took me to Dinosaur National Park, I didn't think life could get any better.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Determination gets you a long way.”

“Even during my father's 1984 gubernatorial campaign, it was, 'Do you want to grow up and be governor one day?' 'No. I am four.'”

“Every day at some point I encounter some sort of anti-American feeling.”

“For most of my life, I deliberately led a private life in the public eye.”

“For most of my life, I did deliberately lead a private life and inadvertently led a public life.”

“For most young Americans I know, 'serving' in the broadest sense now seems like the only thing to do.”

“Fried chicken is my husband's favorite food.”

“I always knew I was the center of my parents.”

“I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.”

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

“I certainly believe that all of my friends should have the right, as Marc and I did, to marry their best friend. I certainly expect my straight friends to help us achieve that for all New Yorkers, for all Americans, and for the children that, at least, Marc and I hope to have someday.”

“I certainly feel a strong call of public service.”

“I definitely taught my parents how to text and how to charge their phones.”

“I do really well in the traditional board games: Backgammon, Checkers.”

“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 had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters.”

“I hadn't planned on or expected to have a public dimension in my life.”

“I have a boyfriend and a dog, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.”

“I have never thought of my life as being an enigma.”

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

“I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'”

“I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office.”

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

“I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.”

“I just hope that I will be as good a mom to my child, and hopefully children, as my mom was to me.”

“I know I'm late, but I've finally joined Facebook!”

“I lead a multi-faith life.”

“I live in a city and a state and a country where I support my elected representatives.”

“I love my parents, and I want my mother to be president.”

“I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.”

“I loved working on Wall Street. I loved the meritocracy of it and the camaraderie of the trading floor.”

“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.”

“I think about how best to live my grandmother's twin mantras that 'Life is not a dress rehearsal' and 'Life is not about what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.'”

“I think that there are more opportunities for young women in America than there are in Tanzania. But I also think there are many of the same problems.”

“I think that we need women role models everywhere. I think that it's really hard to imagine yourself as something that you don't see.”

“I was a vegetarian for 10 years and a pescetarian for eight. Then I woke up one day when I was 29 and craved red meat. I'm a big believer in listening to my body's cravings.”

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

“I'm really grateful I grew up in a house in which media literacy was a survival skill.”

“I'm sorry, I don't talk to the press. Even though I think you're cute.”

“I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically.”

“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.”

“Millennials regularly draw ire for their cell phone usage. They're mobile natives, having come of age when landlines were well on their way out and payphones had gone the way of dinosaurs. Because of their native fluency, Millennials recognize mobile phones can do a whole lot more than make calls, enable texting between friends or tweeting.”

“My dad had always been a big decaf coffee drinker. But my mom had always been more of a tea drinker. So I grew up around a lot of tea. And I also really love tea. But I'm not one of those people who has ever felt the need to choose between coffee and tea. I think that is a completely false dichotomy.”

“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.”

“My father has always been such a doer.”

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

“My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that 'life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you.' She recently had been cajoling me and challenging me to do more with my life. To lead more of a purposefully public life.”

“My marriage is incredibly important to me. It's the place from which I engage in the world every day, and the place to which I return every day.”

“My mother has often said that the issue of women is the unfinished business of the 21st century. That is certainly true. But so, too, are the issues of LGBTQ rights the unfinished business of the 21st century.”

“My mother is very good in Scrabble. In Boggle, my father is probably better.”

“My parents always asked me what I thought, listened to my opinions, articulated their diagnoses of our challenges at home and abroad, and shared their ideas for how to build a more equal and prosperous country. I always felt part of their call to serve and part of my father's journey.”

“My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.”

“My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time.”

“My parents taught me to approach the world critically, but also to approach it with a sense of responsibility.”

“My parents were definitely on the incentive side of parenting. Like, they told me that my father had learned to read when he was three. So, of course, I thought I had to, too.”

“My parents were very firm about me always getting my homework done.”

“Over the summer I thought that I would seek out non-Americans as friends, just for diversity's sake. Now I find that I want to be around Americans - people who I know are thinking about our country as much as I am.”

“Oxford is wonderful. I'm having a great time. We do go out, but I still try to spend most of my time studying in the library.”

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

“People who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and in our world have always inspired me.”

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

“Running is my prophylactic stress relief for the day. Or the segue so that I can go home and be with my husband in a kind of clearheaded way.”

“Service is a deceptively profound way to prove not only what you can do for the world, but what you can tell the world to expect from you and your ambitions.”

“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.”

“The solid, middle-class values of hard work, responsibility, family, community, and faith my father talked about tirelessly from Iowa to New York, he lived at home. The hopes he had for his family and for me, he had for all Americans. I think Americans understood this.”

“Through their 'Making a Difference' franchise, I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.”

“We have to do whatever we can to ensure that no child dies of diarrhea.”

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

“We need women who are at the head of a boardroom, like at the head of the White House, at the head of kind of major scientific enterprises so that little girls everywhere can then think, you know what? I can do that, I want to do that, I will do that.”

“We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world.”

“What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.”

“What's profound and exciting is the way young people are taking advantage of the fact that the Internet enables everyone to have a megaphone. It enables everyone to stand up and say, 'I deserve to be heard, and I demand that you listen.'”

“When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in favor of his candidacy.”

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