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" I've been told I'm a workaholic. "

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" If we could find a way to totally empower half of the brains in America, imagine how much more productive we could be. "

" I am a proponent of investing in infrastructure... and, if we can use state resources to make ProvPort more prosperous and successful, then that will benefit the whole state. "

" We can just keep doing it the way we're doing it. We can attack everybody for small-minded things and crush everybody with a new idea. And where are we going to be? Where we are now - behind. Or we can embrace new things and try to be positive and let everybody play a role. "

" Every single day I've been governor, I hear from a little girl who thinks it's the greatest thing ever that we have a woman governor. "

" I guess whenever I'm in the paper, it's dealing with bridges falling apart, budget problems, pension crises - and saying we have to tackle these problems. "

" What we have to do is support business, but also support our workers with job training programs and with reasonable wages. "

" I'm going to ask one question for everything that comes across my desk, which is, 'How is this going to create jobs?' "

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" The single greatest under-utilized resource we have as a nation is women and girls. "

" It's all about the choices we make as a society. We can choose to have poor schools and parks and higher tuition at Rhode Island's colleges. But we should make an active choice. "

" I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education. "

" Those diplomas on my wall would not be there without the GI Bill that educated my father, without the public library, without the RIPTA bus. "

" I respect public employees and school teachers. They deserve a secure retirement. "

" I've done a lot of deals, and I'm skilled at negotiating, managing personalities, and getting parties to the table. "

" Let's make the SAT and PSAT free so everyone has a chance to succeed. "

" Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool. "

" I don't really care if you're a Republican or Democrat or you want to fight about the size of government. How about a government that just works? Put your tax dollar in and get a return out the other end. "

" If I'm a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works. "

" I want to be able to look my daughter's teacher in the eye and say, 'Your pension will be there.' I need to know that her pension will match up with a promise we can keep. "

" If you have the talent, you should have the opportunity. "

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" We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions. "

" We have to get past this persistent negativity. The negativity has held Rhode Island back for a long time. "

" We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests. "

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