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" I'm not running for anything but my own seat. "
Maxine Waters
Running
Own
My Own
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" I'm going to continue to speak my mind in the way that I do. "
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" We have suffered discrimination. We have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for America, oftentimes when others who think they are more patriotic, who say they are more patriotic, do not. "
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" 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. "
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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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Talking
" Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color. "
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Policy
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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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" I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me. "
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Tradition
Know
" 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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Child
Dreams
Life
" Everyone has a part to play. We have the power. You can do it. "
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You Can Do It
Play
Power
" 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. "
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Heart
Win
Think
" How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is. "
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Know
Agenda
He
" We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines. "
Maxine Waters
Outstanding
Mac
Crisis
" As you know in this committee, we have all of HUD, and HUD is responsible for so many programs that determine the quality of life for women and families. "
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Life
Know
You
" We should have hope because we've earned it. We've worked for it! It's ours. "
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Because
Earned
Hope
" I'm a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined. "
Maxine Waters
Black
Woman
Cannot
" 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. "
Maxine Waters
Play
Women
Show
" We use language that has been designed to keep order, and to keep people in line. "
Maxine Waters
Keep
Use
People
" 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. "
Maxine Waters
Me
Some People
Think
" That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city. "
Maxine Waters
Congress
Resources
Provide
" Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing. "
Maxine Waters
Guess
About
Liberal
" It's unusual for elected officials to step outside of the box. "
Maxine Waters
Unusual
Elected
Outside
" 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. "
Maxine Waters
People
I Am
Work
" My spirit tells me I cannot be silent. "
Maxine Waters
Spirit
Me
Silent
" 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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Time
Doing
Long
" My Millennials, 'stay woke'. "
Maxine Waters
Millennials
Stay
Woke
" I cannot be thought to be afraid of Bill O'Reilly or anybody. "
Maxine Waters
Thought
Cannot
Bill
" 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. "
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American
People
I Am
" If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. "
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Going
Korea
North Korea
" That's why investigations are so important, to drill down and to connect those dots and to get the facts. What we have is a lot of smoke that causes us to want to know more about what has happened. "
Maxine Waters
Why
Smoke
Important
" 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. "
Maxine Waters
I Am
Live
Know