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" I have learned in life that the best thing you can do to create a great future for yourself is don't forget what's in front of you. And so I'm trying to do a great job at HUD. "
Julian Castro
Yourself
Life
Great
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" There has been a great challenge in improving educational achievement. It's a long-term issue, not a short-term one. It includes everything from getting more parents involved to addressing issues of poverty and improving what happens in the classroom. "
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" I want to be able to pick up a list of names of graduates from high schools and colleges in the city and to see that that list is longer than it was when I started in 2009. "
Julian Castro
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City
Want
" It's a significant contribution if we can get immigration reform done. "
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" My grandmother's generation and generations before always saw beyond the horizons of their own lives and their own circumstances. They believed that opportunity created today would lead to prosperity tomorrow. "
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Today
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" Republicans are so far out to the right, it's pushing people into the Democratic Party. "
Julian Castro
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Far
Pushing
" Obviously I'm young and I'm also Hispanic, two important groups in this election. And I'm confident that I can do a good job in articulating why President Obama ought to be the candidate that Americans select for the next four years. "
Julian Castro
Job
Hispanic
Good
" Now, in Texas, we believe in the rugged individual. Texas may be the one place where people actually still have bootstraps, and we expect folks to pull themselves up by them. But we also recognize there are some things we can't do alone. We have to come together and invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow. "
Julian Castro
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Alone
Now
" Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I've got some big shoes to fill. Two conventions ago, the keynote speaker was a guy named Barack Obama. "
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Year
Honor
Shoes
" I'm a recovering politician. "
Julian Castro
Recovering
Politician
" We have a responsibility to protect public housing residents from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, especially the elderly and children who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases. "
Julian Castro
Housing
Smoke
Responsibility
" It's time to remove the stigma associated with promoting homeownership. "
Julian Castro
Remove
Time
Stigma
" Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. "
Julian Castro
Finish Line
Finish
Always
" And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers. "
Julian Castro
Lift
Talent
Shadow
" I stand before you tonight as a young American, a proud American, of a generation born as the Cold War receded, shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another American century - President Barack Obama. "
Julian Castro
Man
American
Proud
" I wanted to be a quarterback. I used to like Johnny Unitas, the old quarterback for the Colts. "
Julian Castro
Used
Wanted
Old
" Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. "
Julian Castro
Done
Got
Democrats
" We believe that housing is a power platform to spark great opportunities in people's lives and help them achieve the American dream. "
Julian Castro
Great
Power
People
" I understand Spanish better than I speak it. "
Julian Castro
Spanish
Understand
Than
" And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. "
Julian Castro
Hold
Mother
Hard
" Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. "
Julian Castro
Get
Mitt Romney
Quite
" We all understand that freedom isn't free. What Romney and Ryan don't understand is that neither is opportunity. We have to invest in it. "
Julian Castro
Opportunity
Free
Freedom
" I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. "
Julian Castro
Opportunity
Intelligence
Dreams
" The truth is that the dream of homeownership is out of reach for too many Americans. "
Julian Castro
Many
Truth
Truth Is
" My grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook and a babysitter, barely scraping by, but still working hard to give my mother, her only child, a chance in life, so that my mother could give my brother and me an even better one. "
Julian Castro
Child
Brother
Chance
" The overwhelming success of San Antonio B-Cycle has proven that San Antonio is a model city for bike-sharing, and as we work toward creating a fitter city, the bike-share program encourages a more active and healthy lifestyle. "
Julian Castro
Success
Work
Creating
" I grew up in a Texas where people would say, 'I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me.' Now, the reverse is happening. People are leaving the Republican Party because the Republican Party is going too far to the right in Texas. And that's a source of great potential support for Democrats. "
Julian Castro
Me
Party
Texas
" People are getting more active and living healthier in San Antonio, whether it's walking, cycling, or using our parks. We now have concrete evidence that our investments are paying off and positively impacting the health of our families and the overall quality of life in San Antonio. "
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Quality
Walking
People
" The prosperity of the United States and the prosperity of the Hispanic community, as the fastest-growing community, are one and the same. The destinies are one and the same. "
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Prosperity
Community
Hispanic
" The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education. "
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Challenges
Education
Early
" Hopefully, in not a too distant future, we will see a Latino president, and who knows how's that going to happen. It's just a matter of time. "
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Time