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" I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do. "
Maxine Waters
People
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Heart
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" A lot of young people don't have a lot of faith in politicians. You can't depend on what they say. They talk in circles. They don't speak the kind of language that has truth to them. I'm speaking differently. "
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" I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it. "
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" I have been adopted by the millennials, and I'm enjoying every minute of it! I'm learning a new language. "
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" We know that when a woman speaks truth to power, there will be attempts to put her down... I'm not going to go anywhere. "
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" The constant drip drop of fraudulent activities coming out of Wells Fargo is absolutely outrageous. "
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" We should have hope because we've earned it. We've worked for it! It's ours. "
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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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Any
" It's very important that people who are feeling the need to do something... get activated. "
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" I'm not running for anything but my own seat. "
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" I believe that Trump is a danger. I believe that he wants to tighten and build up his relationship to Russia for whatever reasons. "
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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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Change
" 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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" I've seen a lot of poverty - coming up as a young child, lost hopes and dreams and people that never had a chance to have a decent quality of life. I believe we can do a lot greater than that. "
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Dreams
Life
" I was working at the telephone company in the late '80s as a service representative. "
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Working
Late
" I had to ask my grandchildren, 'What does it mean? I threw shade?' "
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Shade
Had
" Women are prepared to run for office. They're prepared to show up. Oh yeah, women have big roles to play, and they have stepped up to the plate already. "
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Play
Women
Show
" We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines. "
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Outstanding
Mac
Crisis
" The women's movement was just coming into being, and I got involved with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug and all these great women. We then got involved with Carter, who was running for president, and we created the first International Women's Conference or the National Women's Conference for Carter. "
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" Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for Fiorina, who he basically said, 'Who would vote for you? Look at her face.' "
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Look
" There are people who love and appreciate this country, but they don't talk about it that way. Now is the time to talk. "
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Time
Love
People
" We have a responsibility as elected officials to do good public policy in the best interest of all the people. "
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Best
People
" How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is. "
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" I want our millennials and our young people to do what they started out doing with meet-ups, to talk about what is going on, and spread the education. "
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" It's unusual for elected officials to step outside of the box. "
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" I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry. "
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" I am talking about strategies that were developed, working with the Trump campaign. I really do believe that much of what you saw coming out of Trump's mouth was a play from Putin's playbook. "
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" 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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" 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
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