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" Be who you are, do what you do and let us get on with discussing the real issues of this country. "
Maxine Waters
Issues
You
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" I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren't interested in those stories. "
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Time
Doing
Long
" Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for Fiorina, who he basically said, 'Who would vote for you? Look at her face.' "
Maxine Waters
Colleagues
Vote
Look
" Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing. "
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Guess
About
Liberal
" Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color. "
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Color
Policy
People
" I think the Democrats' role is to be vocal. "
Maxine Waters
Think
Vocal
Democrats
" How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is. "
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Know
Agenda
He
" I am going to help show the American people that they too cannot trust him, that this is a man that does not live up to his promises, and this is a man who cheated students in the so-called Trump University. "
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American
People
I Am
" This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty. "
Maxine Waters
People
War
Change
" We moan and groan all the time about a lack of involvement of young people. But they have taught me a lot about what moves them. "
Maxine Waters
Time
People
Involvement
" I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you. "
Maxine Waters
Think
You
Doors
" I believe that Trump is a danger. I believe that he wants to tighten and build up his relationship to Russia for whatever reasons. "
Maxine Waters
Believe
I Believe
Relationship
" This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell. "
Maxine Waters
Game
Tough
Hell
" I'm so proud of this connection that I've made with these young people. "
Maxine Waters
Connection
Young
People
" Ben Carson was appointed to be the HUD secretary. He knows nothing about the mission of HUD. He doesn't care about people in public housing. He believes that if you are poor, it is your own fault. And he doesn't know the difference between an immigrant and a slave. "
Maxine Waters
Know
Mission
Own
" There's a history of enslaved African-Americans having to make their slave masters comfortable. This business of what we call skinning and grinning - that is something African-Americans are very much cognizant of. "
Maxine Waters
History
Business
Comfortable
" I had to ask my grandchildren, 'What does it mean? I threw shade?' "
Maxine Waters
Mean
Shade
Had
" I'm going to continue to speak my mind in the way that I do. "
Maxine Waters
Way
Mind
Going
" I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do. "
Maxine Waters
People
Think
Heart
" As you know in this committee, we have all of HUD, and HUD is responsible for so many programs that determine the quality of life for women and families. "
Maxine Waters
Life
Know
You
" Why is it that Michael Flynn, who evidently has a great relationship with Putin, who has received payments for so-called speeches and who's spent a lot of time in Russia and was accused of talking about sanctions, he lied about it, and he got caught? "
Maxine Waters
Why
Great
Relationship
" I'm not running for anything but my own seat. "
Maxine Waters
Running
Own
My Own
" We have suffered discrimination. We have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for America, oftentimes when others who think they are more patriotic, who say they are more patriotic, do not. "
Maxine Waters
Stand Up
Up
America
" I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it. "
Maxine Waters
People
I Am
Fight
" It's very important that people who are feeling the need to do something... get activated. "
Maxine Waters
Feeling
Need
People
" If I never do anything else in this career as a member of Congress, I'm gonna make somebody pay for what they've done to my community and to my people! "
Maxine Waters
Community
Career
Never
" My spirit tells me I cannot be silent. "
Maxine Waters
Spirit
Me
Silent
" I cannot be thought to be afraid of Bill O'Reilly or anybody. "
Maxine Waters
Thought
Cannot
Bill
" I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me. "
Maxine Waters
People
Tradition
Know
" That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city. "
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Congress
Resources
Provide
" I'm accustomed to being harassed. "
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Harassed
Accustomed
Being