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" I paid too heavy a price for perestroika. "

Mikhail Gorbachev

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" At the end of the day, stories connect us, not politics. And there's so many stories out there waiting to be told. It's just a matter of who's out there listening. "

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" If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. "

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" Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. "

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" You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world. "

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" I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible. "

" Hope springs eternal, even in politics. "

" Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. "

" We must reduce the influence of money in politics, beginning by overturning Citizens United and taking back our system from the millionaires and billionaires who can give unlimited and undisclosed amounts of money to influence our elections. "

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