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" Don't ever take a seven-year-old with you to a campaign dinner - they will embarrass you no end. "
Ertharin Cousin
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" The people in the United States are some of the most generous people in the world. We saw it in Haiti. We saw it with Katrina. When devastation strikes, American people want to step up. "
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