When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in favor of his candidacy. Chelsea Clinton More Quotes by Chelsea Clinton More Quotes From Chelsea Clinton When I first held my daughter, right after she was born, I felt like it was the moment I'd been waiting my whole life for, and it just felt even more miraculous than I ever could have imagined. Chelsea Clinton daughter waiting firsts 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 nbc our-world organization My grandmother was determined that everyone feel a sense of optimism and opportunity. Marc and I want to make sure we're doing that. This period of our lives is not just a tribute to her, it's inspired by her. And it's for when we have our own children — I want to help make sure we've got a world I want them to live in. Chelsea Clinton grandmother opportunity children 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 home country father I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters. Chelsea Clinton lost-everything war people My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life. Chelsea Clinton grandmother parent inspire I'm a big believer in listening to my body's cravings. Chelsea Clinton bigs body listening I'm always struck by how innately curious kids are about the world around us and how engaged and sensitive they are to what is happening .. and how many kids do want to be engaged and do what to make a difference. Chelsea Clinton making-a-difference differences kids I really believe that with a little bit of information, kids can make a big difference. Chelsea Clinton differences believe kids I'm definitely voting for First Gentleman. Chelsea Clinton voting gentleman firsts That's who my mom is. She's a listener and a doer. She's a woman driven by compassion, by faith, by a fierce sense of justice and a heart full of love. So, this November, I'm voting for a woman who is my role model, as a mother, and as an advocate. A woman who has spent her entire life fighting for families and children. Chelsea Clinton faith mother love life 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 phone cell-phone friends age 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 parents day me life I'm really grateful I grew up in a house in which media literacy was a survival skill. Chelsea Clinton skill grateful survival media For most of my life, I did deliberately lead a private life and inadvertently led a public life. Chelsea Clinton lead my-life private-life life My mother is very good in Scrabble. In Boggle, my father is probably better. Chelsea Clinton better good mother father I just hope that I will be as good a mom to my child, and hopefully children, as my mom was to me. Chelsea Clinton good me hope children We have to do whatever we can to ensure that no child dies of diarrhea. Chelsea Clinton whatever child diarrhea dies 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 day stress husband home I've always been aware of both how extraordinarily normal and how extraordinarily extraordinary my life has been. It's always been important, first to my parents when I was younger, and now very much to me, to live in the world. I would never want to live in a cloister. Chelsea Clinton my-life parents me life
