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" I was pampered in the fact that I had five older brothers, which I highly recommend to anyone. "

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" A successful marriage is a decision. You decide it's going to work. You can't always be there, but you have to be there enough. And you have to make sure you are where you're needed most. "

" I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't. "

" The American dream is about freedom. "

" They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party. "

Republican Party

" We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel. "

" Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble. "

" I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan. "

" I know about raising money. "

" The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix. "

" With President Obama, we will move America forward. "

" If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry. "

" My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore. "

" I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6. "

" I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.' "

" When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system. "

" Democrats embrace The Affordable Care Act. We're very proud of it. "

" For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality. "

" I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.' "

" My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college. "

" My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren. "

" I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally. "

" We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done. "

" When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!' "

" Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well. "

The Right Thing

" I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office. "

" In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply. "

" Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented. "

" Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do. "

" My father died the year I was elected to Congress: 1987. "

" America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people. "