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. – Chelsea Clinton
I’m really grateful I grew up in a house in which media literacy was a survival skill. – Chelsea Clinton
I loved working on Wall Street. I loved the meritocracy of it and the camaraderie of the trading floor. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
My grandmother was determined that everyone feel a sense of optimism and opportunity. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
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. – Chelsea Clinton
