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" Priests and nuns actually meditated. It's not religious. It's about centering yourself. "
Tony Cardenas
Priests
Religious
Yourself
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" Meditation is about getting to a place where you're approaching things in a more calm, centering place rather than allowing yourself to get caught up in it. "
Tony Cardenas
Place
Yourself
You
" Satisfying a profit motive must never be the reason for law enforcement, and it certainly must never be allowed to support the seizure of personal property by those who we trust to protect and defend our nation and our Constitution. "
Tony Cardenas
Constitution
Trust
Support
" I love chocolate, and I love ice cream. That's a double whammy there. I constantly have to check myself and say, 'I've already had dessert today.' "
Tony Cardenas
Love
Today
Myself
" No living being should have to endure conditions that you wouldn't put on your worst enemy. "
Tony Cardenas
You
Endure
Enemy
" If Latinos stay at home, we determine the outcome of an election. "
Tony Cardenas
Election
Home
Stay
" I am proud of the fact the community elected a congressman who was born and raised in the community. I am trying my best to be successful for the community. "
Tony Cardenas
Best
Successful
Proud
" Bad policy tends to be done in a rush. "
Tony Cardenas
Bad
Policy
Rush
" There is no organic process where you can take a diverse community like America and then distill it down to it only looks monolithic without having some kind of inorganic interplay going on that created that outcome. "
Tony Cardenas
Process
Down
Community
" I do like the nonpartisan atmosphere here at City Hall where you can talk with the person who opposes you and either get their support or not. "
Tony Cardenas
You
Support
Person
" California's redistricting process creates a historic opportunity for Valley Latinos to have a strong and unified voice in Congress for the first time. The opportunity to be the Valley's first Latino Congressional representative is humbling, and I'm proud that so many diverse leaders have come together to support this campaign. "
Tony Cardenas
Together
Time
Opportunity
" Who cannot appreciate the smell of bacon? It smells good, but I never want to grab a bite. "
Tony Cardenas
Appreciate
Good
Never
" Our kids have to understand that drinking underage is a poor decision that could drastically affect their chances to achieve the goals they've set. "
Tony Cardenas
Decision
Goals
Understand
" I think it's not up to Congress to dictate what the right amount of diversity is, but I think it's Congress' place to ask the question, to any industry, in talking about what's going on out there. Is there a lack of preparation of the community to be ready to be involved in that industry? "
Tony Cardenas
Community
Preparation
Diversity
" If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment. "
Tony Cardenas
Community
Negative
Then
" It is difficult to overstate the importance of media as a tool to encourage civic engagement and participation, and the importance of a diverse and well-informed public. "
Tony Cardenas
Media
Participation
Difficult
" Every community needs to get its fair share of services. "
Tony Cardenas
Community
Fair
Get
" Consumers deserve the opportunity to watch their program of choice. "
Tony Cardenas
Choice
Deserve
Watch
" The San Fernando Valley has plenty of manufacturing zones, especially in the 29th Congressional District. "
Tony Cardenas
Valley
Manufacturing
Congressional
" Comcast is a big voice: they have a tremendous voice across America; they're a tremendous voice in Spanish and English, and they have a tremendous voice in Washington. "
Tony Cardenas
Big
English
America
" I think, with Wi-Fi, we'll make L.A. a better place for our constituents. "
Tony Cardenas
Better
Our
Better Place
" Every day, opportunities within the hemisphere go untapped, and millions of dollars are lost simply because companies do not know where to begin if they want to expand into new territories and grow their business. "
Tony Cardenas
Business
Day
Lost
" No candidate can become president without the Latino vote. "
Tony Cardenas
Latino
Without
Vote
" I'm a realist. "
Tony Cardenas
Realist
" As someone who has owned a small business in the past, I understand how difficult it can be to get a loan. "
Tony Cardenas
Small Business
Business
Small
" The NCAA is acting like they can or are willing to self-police. It doesn't appear that they are willing to do it to the degree that they should. "
Tony Cardenas
NCAA
Like
Degree
" All parents want their kids to be on a healthy track to success. "
Tony Cardenas
Success
Parents
Want
" We need to get around a table, have a serious discussion about the holistic problems in our immigration system, and craft a common-sense solution. "
Tony Cardenas
Need
Immigration
Serious
" Everybody should be defended, and people should be willing to stand with them to let them know that an attack on them is an attack on me. "
Tony Cardenas
Know
Me
Stand
" It's not up to one individual to decide, 'I'm going to dictate the outcome of what's going to happen legislatively.' That is not a democracy; it's an atrocity. "
Tony Cardenas
Going
Individual
Up
" The American people are happy to help small businesses grow, but paying fines for multi-millionaires, subsidizing bad behavior, should not be the responsibility of American taxpayers. "
Tony Cardenas
Happy
Small
Responsibility