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" I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity. "
Karen Handel
Overcome
Adversity
Fight
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" I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment. "
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" My pledge is to be part of the solution to focus on governing, to put my experience to work to help solve the very serious issues we're facing in this country. "
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" Increasing minimum wage doesn't build a stronger economy. "
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" I do not support a livable wage. "
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" I don't want to see any taxpayer funding going towards... a couple that is not married. "
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Want
" We need to lift up the nation so we can find a more civil way to deal with our disagreements because, in these United States of America, no one should ever feel their life threatened over their political beliefs and positions. "
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" I've made it abundantly clear that I think that marriage is between a man and a woman. "
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" No secret that for some years - long before my time - Komen was dealing with a controversy regarding Planned Parenthood grants. "
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Planned
" Last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood. "
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" I think it's clear that Planned Parenthood has worked to mislead the public about who they are... they do not provide mammograms. They are the middleman, or middle woman, if you will. "
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" Others do not define you - you define yourself through your words and actions. "
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Yourself
Actions
" In life, sometimes you just lose. "
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Life
" Let me be clear: since I am pro-life, I do not support the mission of Planned Parenthood. "
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" I think we can all agree that women deserve access to life saving, early detection procedures. "
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Think
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" I left home when I was just 17, finished up high school, and went to work. "
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High
Work
School
" Obamacare was passed months before my first day at Komen. "
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Day
Before
Obamacare
" People want to know that I'm a person of conviction. "
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Want
Conviction
Know
" My time at Komen has been well publicized and scrutinized, especially my departure over the funding of Planned Parenthood. "
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Well
Over
Departure
" I will ensure the conservative legacy and leadership of Tom Price, Johnny Isakson, and Newt Gingrich will continue. "
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Leadership
Legacy
Price
" Some people call me scrappy - and that's because I am. "
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People
Some People
Because
" I'm proud of the fact that I was able to overcome long odds. "
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Odds
Long
Fact
" It's clear that Planned Parenthood went out of its way to paint me as some sort of a zealot - a Trojan-horse zealot who came into Komen and within 10 to 11 months had completely turned the place upside down. That's clearly not who I am, and it's not what happened. "
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Down
I Am
Me
" It's tabloid. It's 24/7 news - people get in the middle of a news cycle for 24 hours off of things that previously would never have gotten the kind of coverage that is happening. "
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Off
News
Kind
" I've had to be tough my whole life. "
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Life
Whole
Had
" Planned Parenthood is not the front door of women's health. Not here in the 6th District, not in the state of Georgia, and not around the country. "
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Women
Health
Door
" As a Christian, I view relationships and marriage as being between a man and a woman. "
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" I try not to look back on my life and be regretful. "
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Look
Back
Try
" I think, for every phase of your life, you take something out of it, you learn from it, you grow from it. You just have to try to take what you can from it and then move on to the next phase of your life to be better. "
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Life
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" Sometimes you should just put down the computer, the phone, and walk away. "
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You