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" Every single day I've been governor, I hear from a little girl who thinks it's the greatest thing ever that we have a woman governor. "

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" There's lots of people driving on the roads who don't have licenses. They're still going to work, still going to school. I want them to get a license and insurance so they're driving safely. "

" The combination of funding for our ports, airports, and highways is a really significant investment in our infrastructure. "

" You can raise taxes on the rich in America! We should raise taxes on the rich in America. But we can't do that in Rhode Island. "

" In business, we use certain principles to measure performance, and I envision applying those principles in the public sector. "

" I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face. "

" I'll bring colleges and industry together to develop new products in marine science, green technology, and medical devices, and to train our workers to fill those jobs... We need to get Rhode Islanders back to work. "

" I'm going to ask one question for everything that comes across my desk, which is, 'How is this going to create jobs?' "

" If you want to have a big impact, government is the way to do it. Just think of the number of people you can touch. "

" The public library is where I studied. It's where my grandfather taught himself English. "

" Maybe you think, 'I'm not college material.' Maybe you worry that you don't have the money. Then you take the SAT. You see that colleges are getting in touch with you. You begin to think maybe you are ready for college. "

" A government that doesn't work is in no one's interest. "

" We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions. "

" Almost every day, people will say to me some version of, 'You're so much nicer in real life.' I guess I come across as not nice. "

" I guess whenever I'm in the paper, it's dealing with bridges falling apart, budget problems, pension crises - and saying we have to tackle these problems. "

" I am a mother with kids in the public schools. People should know that. I'm not just some policy maker who's totally detached from the rest of the community. "

" I'm committed to structural changes. "

" Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool. "

" Those diplomas on my wall would not be there without the GI Bill that educated my father, without the public library, without the RIPTA bus. "

" I've been told I'm a workaholic. "

" I think the Founding Fathers probably knew what they were doing in setting up the government to have a healthy tension between the executive branch and the legislative branch. "

" Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are. "

" If we could find a way to totally empower half of the brains in America, imagine how much more productive we could be. "

" My own rhetoric is not so 'us versus them.' I don't like fighting. "

" People deserve to see progress. "

" We have to get past this persistent negativity. The negativity has held Rhode Island back for a long time. "

" I am a proponent of investing in infrastructure... and, if we can use state resources to make ProvPort more prosperous and successful, then that will benefit the whole state. "

" You can't be a progressive and be opposed to pension reform. "

" What we have to do is support business, but also support our workers with job training programs and with reasonable wages. "

" I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education. "

" I still believe in the power of government to make lives better, and I believe that if someone is willing to take a stand, other people will follow. "