"People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician." ― Eleanor Clift Topic(s): Change More From Eleanor Clift "You get elected, often, if you’re a woman, on the strength of the women’s vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment." "If you think of life and death on a continuum, finding the point where it tips is complicated. It cuts across all political lines and gets to the root of our humanity. It requires faith informed by years of intimacy that you’re doing what’s right for your loved one." More In Change "No, I don’t regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don’t regret anything."― William Shatner "It doesn’t matter what color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc., everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties."― Lance Bass "We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we’re being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We’ve been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn’t. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It’s the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect."― Gael Garcia Bernal