Part of Obamas persona is self-reliance. Hes calm hes cool hes self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clintons sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism. – Dee Dee Myers

These days its cool to be ethnic and to be different, but when I was a kid, it was not cool – at all. My friends would come over and my mom would make crepes with eggs, stuffed with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and spinach. And theyd be like, What is this? – Giada De Laurentiis