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" Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics. "
Warren Beatty
Politics
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" And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union. "
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" I don't want to be mushy about it, but having four kids is definitely the best thing that has ever happened to me, and each kid is, to me, more fascinating than any five movies. "
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