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" Diversity is not just about the fact that the pictures look better. I mean, they always do look better! "
Pramila Jayapal
Better
Look
Mean
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" Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it. "
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" If someone tells me that something can't be done, that makes me more determined to do it. "
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" I would attend a State of the Union by a president with whom I disagree if I felt she or he was otherwise respectful and adhered to basic moral values or basic tenets of civility and respect. "
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" Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles. "
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" I'm an organizer at heart. Organizers know that giving information, being in front of people, talking to people, to build our movement for the kind of country that we see is the most important thing. "
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" I am grateful for my family, friends, and all those who send constant love and support - you are my energy and my hope. You teach me, love me even when I'm wrong, and let me ride the challenges and come out whole. "
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" People who think that the immigration system is easy and people should just apply legally - it just isn't that easy. "
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" Policy is about real people and real stories, and sometimes we forget that. "
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" I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight. "
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" What Republicans so cynically refer to as 'chain migration' is actually family-based immigration - a humane and compassionate policy of reunifying families. It allows spouses to be together, siblings to support each other, and children to be with their parents. It allows the immigrants who are already here to be successful. "
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Together
" I've been told to go back to my country so many times, I can't even count. "
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" Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud. "
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Some People
Some
" Can you be a progressive if you're anti-immigrant but pro-choice? No! "
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You
Progressive
" There isn't really precedent for asylum seekers' being criminally prosecuted at the border before they've had a 'credible fear' hearing. You come seeking asylum. Seeking asylum is not illegal. "
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Before
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" Trump can embrace dictators and gulags, but we the people stand for human rights, for dignity, for keeping families together. "
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Dignity
Rights
Stand
" The American people expect their leaders to condemn white supremacy in unambiguous terms. President Trump not only failed at condemning white supremacists and neo-Nazis, he stood up for them - for that, he must be censured. "
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American
Expect
" I'm not a complainer. I'm a doer. So if I see something is wrong, then I feel like I have to get in there and try to fix it. "
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See
Fix
Try
" My message to women - including women of color - stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small guys out there be intimidated by you. "
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Small
Stand
Strong
" I was on the committee that helped raise the minimum wage here in Seattle. I introduced a statewide bill to raise the minimum wage in Washington state my first year in the state senate, and I really believe that raising the federal minimum wage, while not the answer to everything, addresses a lot of the issues at the very bottom. "
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Minimum Wage
Believe
Seattle
" Regardless of who is elected president in 2016, we all still live together. Each of us has a different role to play, but we all have to hold the collective space for movement-building together. It's the only way we move forward. "
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Us
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Live
" The vast majority of immigrants - regardless of the conditions of war and poverty that may wrack their home countries - come and contribute to their new home country: building our roads, caring for our homes, children, and elders, and serving as doctors, lawyers, employers, and innovators. "
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Home
War
Children
" Immigrants contribute more than they take. It is a lie that they take public benefits, because they don't qualify for just about every benefit. "
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Because
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" I never thought I would run for office. "
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Never
Would
Thought
" I love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years. "
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Lived
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Washington
" I came to the United States by myself when I was 16 years old. My parents had about $5,000 in their bank account, and they used it all to send me here because they truly believed that this country was where I was going to get the best education and have the best opportunities. "
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Education
Best
" We need to incentivize states across our country to spend on higher education and ensure that we go back to allowing people to go to college tuition-free. "
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College
Education
People
" I've always thought of the United States as a place where so much was possible and so many opportunities were out there. "
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Thought
Place
Always
" I'm conscious of my race and ethnicity in the legislature - it's hard not to be. "
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Hard
Race
" We need to expand the idea of choice to be about all the choices we make in our lives: including which country we choose to live in so we can be whole and full women. "
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