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" I've organized everything for my family since I was little. I know how to delegate and budget. I solve people's problems. "
Donna Brazile
Know
People
Problems
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" Generally, Senate races are not a referendum on the president or on any one issue but a choice between the two candidates on the ballot. "
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" Hurricane Katrina was the storm of the 21st century. It devastated an area the size of Great Britain. More than 1,800 Americans died. Three hundred thousand homes were destroyed. There was $96 billion in property damage. I served on the Louisiana Recovery Authority. I saw Congress write one big check and then skip town. "
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Great
Authority
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" TV likes you to talk about the superficial. "
Donna Brazile
Superficial
You
TV
" If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act. "
Donna Brazile
Acting
I Can
Me
" I've had to step up when I was Al Gore's campaign manager. I had to make significant changes as we moved from Washington, D.C. to Tennessee. "
Donna Brazile
Step
Up
Washington
" When a campaign doesn't go my way, I always take a step back, look at the facts, and try to figure out what we could learn from that experience. "
Donna Brazile
Experience
Step
Go
" If you're a girl, you're always Daddy's little girl. You're vulnerable, no matter how worldly or sophisticated or strong you'd become along the way. My dad Lionel let me know how proud he was, even as he kept me from being too big for my britches. "
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Girl
Know
" After Katrina, no one was the same. People, relatives, they were dying one after another. "
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Relatives
Dying
After
" The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country. "
Donna Brazile
Some
Country
Election
" I grew up in the once segregated South. I experienced forced integration during my formative school years. I lived the sacrifices, burdens, and tears. I also lived the moments of understanding, of acknowledgment, of fellowship and success. I saw my parents and grandparents coming home beaten down - and some of my friends beaten up. "
Donna Brazile
Parents
Success
Tears
" A white-boy attitude is 'I must exclude, denigrate, and leave behind.' They don't see it or think about it. It's a culture. "
Donna Brazile
Attitude
Leave
See
" If you rely on the media for your information, to educate yourself about the candidates and what issues are facing the country, then you get just part of the equation. I think it's important that we as citizens of this democracy take the responsibility to get as much information as possible before we go into the voting booth. "
Donna Brazile
Democracy
Think
Voting
" I have a simple rule: when I'm on TV, I'm not talking to just my anchor or my colleague on my right. I'm talking to America. I look into the lens, and in my head, I'm talking to somebody in Nebraska. Why Nebraska? Why the Cornhusker State? I have no idea. But it feels like it's a good place to talk to people. "
Donna Brazile
America
Good
People
" If you want your checkbook to follow your heart, make a donation to those doing work you support. "
Donna Brazile
Support
You
Doing
" Due process policies such as tenure are put in place to protect good teachers from being fired without cause. They aren't there to protect 'bad' teachers. "
Donna Brazile
Bad
Good
Teachers
" Before Hillary-bashing became its own thing, she was subjected to the standard-issue woman-bashing used on every powerful woman in Washington. "
Donna Brazile
Own
She
Washington
" Maybe Drudge is more entertainer than reporter. I imagine he enjoys baiting the mainstream media, then watching it look foolish when his story is debunked. "
Donna Brazile
Foolish
Media
Look
" Watching 'Scandal' is a fun and exciting guilty pleasure, which is how I imagine most real scandals start out. "
Donna Brazile
Watching
Most
Real
" At the same time that Donald Trump was facing a federal discrimination lawsuit for refusing to rent to minority families, Hillary Clinton risked her own safety to seek out the truth, to comfort the afflicted, and to make a home for justice where there was none. It was at the Children's Defense Fund that I met Hillary. "
Donna Brazile
Truth
Home
Justice
" This apology is not just to Bernie Sanders. It is to donors. It is to anyone and everyone that clearly we offended. And the e-mails that were revealed that were hacked. "
Donna Brazile
Were
Apology
Everyone
" By definition, conservatives struggle with change. "
Donna Brazile
Change
Definition
Struggle
" Maya Angelou was the voice of three generations. Her poetry spanned our journey, chronicled our hearts and documented our struggles as we moved from the orations of Martin Luther King to the presidency of Barack Obama. "
Donna Brazile
Poetry
Her
King
" It's not anti-Catholic to question, nor is it anti-Catholic to be honest about the previous shortcomings of the church, because that is the only way we can ensure its strength and dignity moving forward. It is, however, very Catholic to forgive each other and to never stop loving each other. "
Donna Brazile
Moving
Moving Forward
Loving
" School integration did not come to be the day after the Brown ruling was issued. Progress took years, and it took passion, strength, and courage from a large group of committed individuals. "
Donna Brazile
School
Day
Passion
" It takes but one person, one moment, one conviction, to start a ripple of change. "
Donna Brazile
Person
Ripple
Change
" A government of, by, and for the people requires that people talk to people, that we can agree to disagree but do so in civility. If we let the politicians and those who report dictate our discourse, then our course will be dictated. "
Donna Brazile
People
Will
Government
" Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school. "
Donna Brazile
School
Responsibility
Education
" Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress. "
Donna Brazile
Help
Understand
People
" As a child, I lived through and survived the segregated South. I sat at the back of the bus at a time when America wasn't yet as great as it could be. As a grown woman, I saw the first black president reach down a hand and touch the face of a child like I once was, lifting his eyes toward a better future. "
Donna Brazile
Woman
Child
Eyes
" Food stamps are an investment in our future. "
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Investment
Food
Future