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" 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! "
Maxine Waters
Community
Career
Never
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" 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. "
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" The constant drip drop of fraudulent activities coming out of Wells Fargo is absolutely outrageous. "
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" I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do. "
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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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" 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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" Reaching out to other people is important work. I am so pleased and honored that I'm getting the attention from the young people on social media. It's been missing. "
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" I'm not running for anything but my own seat. "
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My Own
" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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
" We should have hope because we've earned it. We've worked for it! It's ours. "
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Earned
Hope
" I'd like to say to women everywhere: don't allow these right-wing talking heads, these dishonorable people, to intimidate you or scare you. "
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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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Doing
Long
" If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. "
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Korea
North Korea
" Ben Carson was appointed to be the HUD secretary. He knows nothing about the mission of HUD. He doesn't care about people in public housing. He believes that if you are poor, it is your own fault. And he doesn't know the difference between an immigrant and a slave. "
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" Everyone has a part to play. We have the power. You can do it. "
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