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" People are always trying to draw simplistic dialectics that can capture things. "

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" Listen, don't get my Jersey pride going. We are the most densely-populated state in America 'cause some many people who know the secret want to live there. "

" I'm very knowledgeable of the challenges before me. "

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" When I go about my own politics, I meet Tea Party supporters who I can work with in Congress, that I find common ground with. I find Tea Party supporters who won't let me get a sentence out without judging me. To say that there is a 'Tea Party supporter' is a gross generality. "

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