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" Regardless of who is elected president in 2016, we all still live together. Each of us has a different role to play, but we all have to hold the collective space for movement-building together. It's the only way we move forward. "

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" My grandmother was whip smart as well as an incredible athlete. She played tennis in her sari, cheered on the Indian team in cricket matches, and tried to convince us that her made-up words were real so she could win a Scrabble game. "

Pramila Jayapal

Win

Words

Team

" We have to have a planet to pass on to the next generation, and these issues of climate change and climate justice and the disproportionate burdens that communities of color actually bear from our damaging climate is a huge issue. "

" Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it. "

" We have to take our anger and rage and channel it into building, growing, loving, holding each other up. "

" I usually wake up really early because I keep myself on East Coast time. "

" Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and justices could do what they knew was right. That organizing allowed Americans to get to know gays and lesbians as our daughters and sons, our neighbors, and our friends. "

" Can you be a progressive if you're anti-immigrant but pro-choice? No! "

" I think what I learned is that just because somebody says you can't talk to them or just because somebody says they don't have an answer for you, you don't stop. "

" Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles. "

" Diversity is not just about the fact that the pictures look better. I mean, they always do look better! "

" My message to women - including women of color - stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small guys out there be intimidated by you. "

" Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for people. "

" There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even as you are starting to live your life. "

" Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very perceptions, threaded through how someone looks at you, treats you, thinks about you and your potential. "

" Civil rights icons, famous journalists, big-time movie producers may all have credits to their name that we can recognize and be grateful for, but their record of good works cannot excuse their harassment of women. "

" Trump has hated Amazon for a long time, and I think that that came out in many interviews that he's done with 'Vanity Fair' and with others. "

" History has always judged silence and complicity harshly in these times of moral consequence. "

" I really get my best work done in the morning, so if I have to edit speeches or comments, that all happens before I get to work. "

" The fact that the immigration issue was the first thing Trump took aim at was a good thing for me, because it's what I spent my life working on. It became a place to see what we've become as a country, and how overreach can actually serve to bring those of us on the Left and Democrats together. "

Pramila Jayapal

Life

Good

" I come from a state in India that is a matrilineal state, Kerala. And so women really are seen as very powerful. "

" Rather than name-calling and arguing about whether it is appropriate or not to employ radical tactics, we progressives need to start listening to each other. "

" Trump can embrace dictators and gulags, but we the people stand for human rights, for dignity, for keeping families together. "

" If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party. "

" Racism, sexism, and age-ism are all alive and well in the U.S. House. "

" Fundamentally, I've always been a fan of actually looking at our whole state tax system and really figuring out how we reform our tax system so that everyone's paying their fair share but we don't have a lot of nickel and diming with 100 taxes that end up hitting people that maybe can't bear it the most. "

" I like to have my cup of green tea. "

Pramila Jayapal

Green

Cup

" We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that means taking a lonely road, if what we are standing for is true, then perhaps moonlight or sunshine will light our way and make it less lonely. "

" The vast majority of immigrants - regardless of the conditions of war and poverty that may wrack their home countries - come and contribute to their new home country: building our roads, caring for our homes, children, and elders, and serving as doctors, lawyers, employers, and innovators. "

" What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all. "

" We need to incentivize states across our country to spend on higher education and ensure that we go back to allowing people to go to college tuition-free. "