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" I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me. "
Maxine Waters
People
Tradition
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" My spirit tells me I cannot be silent. "
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" This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty. "
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" I don't have any presidential aspirations. If the millennials want me to do it, I'd do it, though. "
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" I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't. "
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" Reaching out to other people is important work. I am so pleased and honored that I'm getting the attention from the young people on social media. It's been missing. "
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" Some people see me as a rabble-rouser. Some people see me as someone who does not care about what other people think about me. "
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" Most African-Americans really do believe that we are voting for our better interest in voting for Democrats. "
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Most
" Priebus has been trying to clean up for Donald Trump for far too long. When he was making outrageous statements, when he was basically lying. "
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Long
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" There's a history of enslaved African-Americans having to make their slave masters comfortable. This business of what we call skinning and grinning - that is something African-Americans are very much cognizant of. "
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Business
Comfortable
" I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren't interested in those stories. "
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Doing
Long
" I'm accustomed to being harassed. "
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Accustomed
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" Be who you are, do what you do and let us get on with discussing the real issues of this country. "
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You
Who
" When I first experienced the millennial response to me, I had come out of a classified briefing, and I told the group of media individuals who were there that I didn't think James Comey had any credibility, and I threw up my hands and walked away - that went viral. "
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Me
" Everyone has a part to play. We have the power. You can do it. "
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