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" I am not delusional. Listen, I am not naive to the fact that people are not shouting my name all over the state of California. "

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" I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it. "

" Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going. "

" The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around. "

" While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy. "

" I want you to know that California is your sanctuary. We will always be a place where you can be whoever you are and become whoever you dream of being. California will always stand up for you. That's a principle that's bigger than partisanship, more powerful than any president. "

" I didn't know how to do a press release, so I'd call the local Assembly member and say, 'Hey, can you fax me one of your press releases?' 'Which one?' 'Any one.' "

" I worry about civil-rights activists being targeted as black-identity extremists. I worry about the government saying, 'I don't like this progressive blogger' and subjecting them to scrutiny. "

" Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions. "

" I wouldn't have supported invoking Taft-Hartley to help George Bush end a strike. "

" No one wants dangerous criminals in our communities. "

" I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy. "

" I would never call our country the welfare system for Mexico. "

" I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job. "

" I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life. "

" We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary. "

" Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars. "

" Clean air shouldn't be a privilege dictated by where you can afford to live but a right to which we are all entitled. "

" We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing. "

" I believe strongly that when you have political capital, you should use it in a manner that helps improve the human condition. You shouldn't just compile power and hold onto power for power's sake. "

" California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity. "

" Our State Senate must lead by example, restore trust and transparency, stop sweeping workplace misconduct under the rug, and do everything we can to protect women who work in and around the Capitol. "

" As the youngest child of a single immigrant mother with a third-grade education, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd ever be an elected official. "

" California will not become a cog in the Trump deportation machine. "

" We speak truth to power, and we've never been fooled into believing Donald Trump 'can be a good president.' "

" My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.' "

" My mother passed away young - she died from ovarian cancer at just 54 years old. Her sacrifices for my sisters and I evoke a tribute in her honor each and every Mother's Day. "

" California Democrats - we fight on the front lines - we don't equivocate on the sidelines. "

" I wouldn't have voted to prosecute 13-year-olds as adults. "