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" Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either. "
Nancy Pelosi
Opponent
Either
Underestimate
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" For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality. "
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" My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren. "
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" Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. "
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" The American dream is about freedom. "
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" I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory. "
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" When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!' "
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" My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.' "
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" I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.' "
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" Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away. "
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" What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people. "
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American
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" I have a few uniforms - depending on whether I'm going to a college campus or meeting a head of state. But clean and easy works best for me. "
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Me
Head
" Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do. "
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Putin
Going
" Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down. "
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" What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they're saying, 'Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don't let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.' "
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" They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party. "
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" I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women. "
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Process
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" We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility. "
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Improvement
Much
Responsibility
" My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college. "
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Life
Born
Father
" I never dread going back to Congress. "
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Congress
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" My father died the year I was elected to Congress: 1987. "
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" My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore. "
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" The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history. "
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House
" I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them. "
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Them
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" The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history. "
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" I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally. "
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" Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong. "
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" I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what? "
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" Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families. "
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" If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results. "
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Want
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