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" I was working at the telephone company in the late '80s as a service representative. "

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" I have been an organizer and then activist and a legislator, all of that. But then there's this big gap after I advanced in Congress and ended up as the ranking member of financial services committee. It took me into the financial services issues and Wall Street and Dodd Frank. And it took me away from the things that I did years ago. "

" I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you. "

" 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. "

" Most African-Americans really do believe that we are voting for our better interest in voting for Democrats. "

" If I never do anything else in this career as a member of Congress, I'm gonna make somebody pay for what they've done to my community and to my people! "

" 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. "

" Some people see me as someone who makes other people look bad... I often get a feeling most people don't know who I am, or have a clue, and I live with that. I don't try to prove anything by talking. "

" 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. "

" I'm so proud of this connection that I've made with these young people. "

" 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.' "

" I believe that Trump is a danger. I believe that he wants to tighten and build up his relationship to Russia for whatever reasons. "

" 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. "

" Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color. "

" We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines. "

" I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win. "

" I am going to help show the American people that they too cannot trust him, that this is a man that does not live up to his promises, and this is a man who cheated students in the so-called Trump University. "

" I'm accustomed to being harassed. "

" We should have hope because we've earned it. We've worked for it! It's ours. "

" I have been adopted by the millennials, and I'm enjoying every minute of it! I'm learning a new language. "

" I'm not running for anything but my own seat. "

" Why is it that Michael Flynn, who evidently has a great relationship with Putin, who has received payments for so-called speeches and who's spent a lot of time in Russia and was accused of talking about sanctions, he lied about it, and he got caught? "

" There are people who love and appreciate this country, but they don't talk about it that way. Now is the time to talk. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Russia is not our friend. "

" 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. "

" This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell. "

" Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing. "

" I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do. "

" 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. "