I've Forbidden My Daughter To Have Grandchildren,

Twenty-seven People Sang 'wind Beneath My Wings' Before I Got Around To It. A Lot Of People Saw The Movie That I Sang It In, Beaches, And What They Came Away With Was That Song. They Turned To Their Loved Ones And Said, 'you Know, You Are The Wind Beneath My Wings!' The Song Expressed How They Felt In A Way A Simple 'i Love You' Would Not Have.

My Parents Used To Park Us Kids At The Public Library In Downtown Honolulu Every Saturday. They'd Leave Us There At 8 A.m. And Pick Us Up At 4 P.m. - So Between Those Hours, You'd Better Find Something To Do! I Sat Upstairs In The Picture Room And Went Through Opera, Ballet, And Theater Books. I Loved The Photographs Of People Wearing Elaborate Makeup And Costumes - They Really Pulled At Me Inside. I Was In That Library Every Week For Years, Until I Was About 13. I Had A Rich Interior Life, Because I Didn't Have Much Of A Social Life.

One Of My First Role Models Was Eugene Lang, A Wealthy Businessman Who Went Back To His Elementary School In East Harlem And Addressed The Sixth-grade Class. He Looked Out At That Sea Of Faces And Said, "if Any Of You Wants To Go To College, I Will Pay For It." When I Read That, I Burst Into Tears. It Was So Generous And So Basic. Not Fluffy. I Can't Understand Why We Scrimp On Education And Shortchange Our Kids. Why Would The Citizenry Do That To The People Who Are Going To Inherit Its Republic?

That's Our Mission: To Clean And Green New York City - One Block At A Time.

There Comes A Time Whenyou Haveto Let Yourclothesgo Out In The World And Try To Make It On Their Own.