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" I wanted to be a quarterback. I used to like Johnny Unitas, the old quarterback for the Colts. "

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" Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all just go our own way, our nation will be stronger for it. Because if we sever the threads that connect us, the only people who will go far are those who are already ahead. "

" 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. "

" Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. "

" The Tea Party definitely scored a significant victory with Senator Cruz's election in 2012 and scored victories in some statewide primaries. But to me, as the Tea Party gets stronger within the Republican Party in Texas, the prospect of a blue Texas becomes stronger and stronger. "

" Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process. "

" 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. "

" The only part of my mother's experience that still gets to me is the way she and people like her were looked down upon for asking America to be America, for asking for full and equal participation in our democracy. "

" It's a significant contribution if we can get immigration reform done. "

" 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. "

" This thing has been studied to death by Republicans and Democrats: several committees, including in Congress, that have all said, 'Yes, of course what happened was tragic, but Secretary Clinton was not in any way at fault,' and what you have here with these e-mails is basically a witch hunt. "

" 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. "

" I wanted more people from my city to be able to have the kind of opportunity that I had. "

" In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. 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. "

" When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says, 'No.' "

" Hispanics have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act. "

" 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. "

" My mother dreamed dreams for Joaquin and for me long before we could dream them for ourselves. "

" 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. "

" I'm a recovering politician. "

" Opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow. "

" The advantage that Democrats have is that they're a big-tent party. "

" If you're willing to work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to move up. "

" I had the blessing of opportunity. You need the folks in the boardroom who have consciences and the people in the streets who can picket at the right time. "

" My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way - the good people of San Antonio willing- to the United States Congress. "

" I see myself as a bridge-builder who can understand both sides. "

" Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "