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" Gay comes in all shapes, sizes, strengths, and personalities. Just like straight does. It shouldn't be news that- guess what - some gay people don't fit your stereotype. "
Donna Brazile
Gay
News
People
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" Integrated schools help students achieve academic success in the present and personal success in the future. "
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" No one remembers how the American people responded day-to-day, week-to-week, or month-to-month about the decisions that Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower made during the most dangerous decades in American and world history. But we know now that they did what was right, and we honor them for it. "
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" Watching 'Scandal' is a fun and exciting guilty pleasure, which is how I imagine most real scandals start out. "
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" On every show that I have been on, I have played myself. "
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Every
Been
" America is inundated with polls. We need a term for being swamped with polls. I would say 'poll-arized,' but that's already in use to describe our political divisions. "
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Say
" I have a simple rule: when I'm on TV, I'm not talking to just my anchor or my colleague on my right. I'm talking to America. I look into the lens, and in my head, I'm talking to somebody in Nebraska. Why Nebraska? Why the Cornhusker State? I have no idea. But it feels like it's a good place to talk to people. "
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People
" No voters will be left behind. "
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Behind
Left
Voters
" In modern politics, polls often serve as the canary in the mine - an early warning signal of danger or trends. But polls can also be used to wag the dog - diverting attention from something significant. "
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Trends
Dog
" As a child, I sat in the back of the bus. I was told, time and time again, that God's potential didn't exist in people like me. I've spent my life fighting to change that. And, from the first day when I met Hillary Clinton, I've known that she's someone who cares just as much and fights just as hard. "
Donna Brazile
Child
Day
God
" Over the years, I've worked for and alongside the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association. That's because I am proud of our public school teachers - including my niece who teaches down in Louisiana - just as I am proud of our nation's education system. "
Donna Brazile
I Am
Education
School
" I may not be a trained actor, but I've paid my dues. And I mean that literally. I am a fully dues-paid member of SAG/AFTRA. As a political figure, I've been called a 'card carrying' member of numerous groups that I'm not a member of - and now I'm being called a non-actor when I am literally a card-carrying member of the union for actors. "
Donna Brazile
Now
Mean
Actor
" Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process. "
Donna Brazile
Process
Business
Political
" Before Hillary-bashing became its own thing, she was subjected to the standard-issue woman-bashing used on every powerful woman in Washington. "
Donna Brazile
Own
She
Washington
" In order for President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden to be moderates, they just have to present themselves between the extremes of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's isolationism and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's hawkishness - the difference between living in a cave or conducting ourselves so that we're in need of one. "
Donna Brazile
Cave
Living
Difference
" Generally, Senate races are not a referendum on the president or on any one issue but a choice between the two candidates on the ballot. "
Donna Brazile
President
Senate
Races
" If you're a girl, you're always Daddy's little girl. You're vulnerable, no matter how worldly or sophisticated or strong you'd become along the way. My dad Lionel let me know how proud he was, even as he kept me from being too big for my britches. "
Donna Brazile
Strong
Girl
Know
" Let me say this as your incoming chair of the Democratic national committee: I promise you, my friends, I commit to all Americans, that we will have a party that you can be proud of. We will elect Democrats up and down the ballot. "
Donna Brazile
You
Friends
Party
" Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress. "
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Help
Understand
People
" Men don't wear high heels, and they don't make allowances for women who do. Tottering down the corridors of power in beautiful but crippling stilettos telegraphs your preference for style over substance. "
Donna Brazile
Women
Beautiful
Power
" Our focus is on electing Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine and Democrats across the country, thanks to Democratic Party that is strong, unified, and poised for victory in November. "
Donna Brazile
Party
Strong
Country
" Yes, President Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, but a hundred years later, the Republican Party wasn't Lincoln's. Richard Nixon became president by courting Americans upset by integration, intentionally fueling the racial divide. "
Donna Brazile
Racial
Upset
Yes
" Democrats have pushed for equal pay for women because we know that when women succeed, America succeeds. "
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America
Democrats
Succeed
" We march on toward the realization of the American Dream. We are not diverted by those who would deny opportunity based on what we look like or where we came from or who would deny equality based on who we love. "
Donna Brazile
Love
American Dream
Opportunity
" TV likes you to talk about the superficial. "
Donna Brazile
Superficial
You
TV
" Until there are no more hate crimes, no more vicious bullying and ugly slurs, whenever a person comes out - whether that person is a celebrity or a 'nobody' - it should be celebrated like the triumph of courage it is. "
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Courage
Ugly
Triumph
" As a longtime political operative, I know firsthand how a vote here or a vote there can make a huge difference in a close election. "
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Here
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" Some of us believe, with good reasons, that the Republicans are 'mad-dogging' Hillary Clinton with the Benghazi hearing to damage not only her presidential prospects, but also to damage President Obama's credibility. "
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Credibility
Good
Her
" Remember, Obama was elected by a bigger margin than George W. Bush. He deserves to have his appointees, and he deserves to have votes on the issues, to have the government function, and to fight for the policies on which he was elected. "
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Bigger
Fight
Government
" It takes but one person, one moment, one conviction, to start a ripple of change. "
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Ripple
Change
" We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices. "
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Election
Country