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" After Yale Law School, I was proud to try to live up to my parents' example and began my career working for The Urban Justice Center in the streets of Newark, organizing residents to fight for better housing conditions. "

" America has seen enough of a handful of people growing rich at the cost of our nation descending into economic crisis. "

" Americans, at our best, stand up to bullies and fight those who seek to demean and degrade others. "

" Are there any monuments built to demagogues? I just don't think so. "

" As a government leader, I'm not going to sit on the sidelines and watch all these other sectors innovate. I'm going to do everything I can as a leader to be in that innovation, to be a provocateur for that innovation. "

" As a guy that had been told to drop out many times as I was coming up, I don't think you should tell any candidate about what they should do and what decisions they should make. "

" As a vegetarian eating a plateful of eggs, I found myself in this weird place where I didn't want to think about where those eggs came from. I didn't want to think about the treatment of the animals who produced those eggs. When I find myself trying not to think about things, it seems to me that I'm practicing avoidance. "

" As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements. "

" Athletes are still exploited. If they blow out their knee, if they somehow don't meet the mandates of a coach, they lose their scholarship. They don't get their degree. "

" Being vegan for me is a cleaner way of not participating in practices that don't align with my values. "

" Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own American dream of prosperity. "

" Cities can be places that represent the best of our ideals: where Americans of all different backgrounds can come together and, through their interactions, and even through their unity, spawn true American greatness. "

" Democracy is not a spectator sport. It is a difficult, hard, full-contact, participatory endeavor. "

" Do not forget from whence you've come. "

" Don't give in to cynicism. It is a toxic spiritual state. "

" Elections have consequences. So many people want to complain, but they don't want to vote. We can talk about Hillary Clinton. We can celebrate her; we can support her, but if we don't come out and vote for her, for shame. "

" Equal protection under the law - for race, religion, gender or sexual orientation - should not be subject to the most popular sentiments of the day. "

" Everybody wants to find their soul mate, and I'm no different. That's definitely what I want in the future. "

" Every sector of society looks at digital analytics in a productive way. Limiting my ability to use them is just unacceptable. And by the way, Congress conducts polls using traditional methods. No one is using social media analytics as a substitute for that. "

" Food is at the core of our lives in ways we don't always think about - how it affects our environment, how it affects our health and well-being, how it affects the expense of society, the expense of government. "

" Generations of heroic Americans have made America more inclusive, more expansive, and more just. "

" Government has got to open up and engage citizenry as partners. "

" 'Hamilton' is one of the best things I've ever seen on a stage, and for a guy who loves American history, hip-hop and theater, it was pure bliss. "

" Having people that really reflect the spectrum of American experiences is important to have on the Supreme Court. "

" Hopelessness is a really toxic and dangerous state. "

" I am a geek nerd who happened to have a temporary period of jockiness. "

" I am a Yale Law School graduate. "

" I am happy that the urgency to reform our broken criminal justice system has found allies all across the political spectrum. "

" I believe that living life with a definiteness of purpose, with having a central focus, is essential to success. "

" I believe there's tremendous value in having a Supreme Court with a diverse set of experiences - especially when we're dealing with issues that range from our intimate relationships to how we finance campaigns. "

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