"I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term"

"We need to redefine the role of the teacher from that of the transmitter of knowledge to that of a researcher, co-learner, and partner in the process of constructing knowledge"

"I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with"

"If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that"

"That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them"

"Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day"

"All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience. We'd continue to refine it in front of an audience based on their responses until it was set and scripted"

"When you think about it, we actors are kind of prostitutes. We get paid to feign attraction and love. Other people are paying to watch us kissing someone, touching someone, doing things people in a normal monogamous relationship would never do with anyone who's not their partner. It's really kind of gross"

"Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air"

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country"

"I think life has a way of kicking you in the pants too, but you have to pick up and move ahead, and it certainly helps if you have a good partner in life"