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" Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class. "
Class
Our
Nothing
" Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime. "
Will
Mistake
Rise
" Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind. "
Home
Day
Always
" Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk. "
Just
Talk
Justice
" I always start my campaigns early, and I run hard. Maybe it comes from the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco politics, where it's not even a contact sport - it's a blood sport. This is how I am as a candidate. This is how I run campaigns. "
Start
Politics
I Am
" I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.' "
I Believe
California
Believe
" I believe that a child going without an education is a crime. "
Crime
Believe
Child
" I believe you've got to do your due diligence. "
Got
I Believe
Diligence
" I convened the first-ever national training conference for prosecutors on how to promote and deal with hate crime issues in terms of prosecutions and also protocol for defeating the gay panic defense. "
Conference
Hate
Training
" I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods. "
Sitting
Long
Down
" I have loved to cook since I was a child in my mother's kitchen. If I don't have time to cook, I'll just read a cookbook. "
Kitchen
Time
Mother
" I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision. "
Popularity
Body
Work
" I love being in a courtroom. "
I Love
Love
Being
" I'm a career prosecutor. I have been trained, and my experience over decades, is to make decisions after a review of the evidence and the facts. And not to jump up with grand gestures before I've done that. Some might interpret that as being cautious. I would tell you that's just responsible. "
Facts
You
Experience
" I'm one of the luckiest people on earth. "
Earth
People
Luckiest
" In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly. "
California
Country
Easy
" I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it. "
Time
Home
Opportunity
" I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison. "
Believe
Serious
Send
" I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she's effective. "
Smart
Her
Mind
" I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made. "
Ever
I Think
Made
" I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work. "
Fortune
Blessing
Good
" I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change. "
Know
Help
Change
" I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything. "
Independent Woman
Woman
Victim
" Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us. "
Dream
Logic
American Dream
" My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.' "
Last
Mother
First
" My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero. "
Always
Will
Mother
" My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement. "
Met
Movement
Students
" People who work for me know that family comes first. And I'm fortunate to have a family that is very supportive of the work I do, so I don't have to live two separate lives. "
Know
Family
Live
" Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon. "
Office
Running
Long
" So many people trip in front of them because they're looking over there or up ahead. "
People
Up
Looking
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