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" San Antonio is an ideal market for Major League Soccer. It's time that we put our best foot forward. "
Julian Castro
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" The only part of my mother's experience that still gets to me is the way she and people like her were looked down upon for asking America to be America, for asking for full and equal participation in our democracy. "
Julian Castro
Experience
People
Mother
" I wanted to be a quarterback. I used to like Johnny Unitas, the old quarterback for the Colts. "
Julian Castro
Used
Wanted
Old
" Now, in Texas, we believe in the rugged individual. Texas may be the one place where people actually still have bootstraps, and we expect folks to pull themselves up by them. But we also recognize there are some things we can't do alone. We have to come together and invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow. "
Julian Castro
Together
Alone
Now
" I see myself as a bridge-builder who can understand both sides. "
Julian Castro
Understand
See
Who
" And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. "
Julian Castro
Hold
Mother
Hard
" And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers. "
Julian Castro
Lift
Talent
Shadow
" Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process. "
Julian Castro
Process
Appreciation
Growing Up
" It's time to remove the stigma associated with promoting homeownership. "
Julian Castro
Remove
Time
Stigma
" First thing that I put up in my office here at City Hall was a poster from 1971 when my mother ran for city council. "
Julian Castro
First
Up
City
" Republicans are so far out to the right, it's pushing people into the Democratic Party. "
Julian Castro
Right
Far
Pushing
" Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. "
Julian Castro
Finish Line
Finish
Always
" People are getting more active and living healthier in San Antonio, whether it's walking, cycling, or using our parks. We now have concrete evidence that our investments are paying off and positively impacting the health of our families and the overall quality of life in San Antonio. "
Julian Castro
Quality
Walking
People
" We believe that housing is a power platform to spark great opportunities in people's lives and help them achieve the American dream. "
Julian Castro
Great
Power
People
" I believe that Secretary Clinton has said, has acknowledged, that that was not the best way to handle her emails back then... and has turned over all of the information and the emails and documents and now the server. "
Julian Castro
Believe
Back
Best
" I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. "
Julian Castro
Opportunity
Intelligence
Dreams
" Even though I grew up and I didn't always like getting dragged to the meetings or the rallies or the speeches, I developed a very strong respect for participating in a democratic process. "
Julian Castro
Process
Meetings
Like
" The truth is that the dream of homeownership is out of reach for too many Americans. "
Julian Castro
Many
Truth
Truth Is
" Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I've got some big shoes to fill. Two conventions ago, the keynote speaker was a guy named Barack Obama. "
Julian Castro
Year
Honor
Shoes
" I had the blessing of opportunity. You need the folks in the boardroom who have consciences and the people in the streets who can picket at the right time. "
Julian Castro
Time
You
Blessing
" I understand Spanish better than I speak it. "
Julian Castro
Spanish
Understand
Than
" My mother dreamed dreams for Joaquin and for me long before we could dream them for ourselves. "
Julian Castro
Mother
Before
Dream
" The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education. "
Julian Castro
Challenges
Education
Early
" I have learned in life that the best thing you can do to create a great future for yourself is don't forget what's in front of you. And so I'm trying to do a great job at HUD. "
Julian Castro
Yourself
Life
Great
" The overwhelming success of San Antonio B-Cycle has proven that San Antonio is a model city for bike-sharing, and as we work toward creating a fitter city, the bike-share program encourages a more active and healthy lifestyle. "
Julian Castro
Success
Work
Creating
" The advantage that Democrats have is that they're a big-tent party. "
Julian Castro
Democrats
Party
Advantage
" As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that. "
Julian Castro
Success
More
Future
" If you're willing to work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to move up. "
Julian Castro
You
Work Hard
Work
" Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. "
Julian Castro
Get
Mitt Romney
Quite
" I grew up in a Texas where people would say, 'I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me.' Now, the reverse is happening. People are leaving the Republican Party because the Republican Party is going too far to the right in Texas. And that's a source of great potential support for Democrats. "
Julian Castro
Me
Party
Texas
" The Tea Party definitely scored a significant victory with Senator Cruz's election in 2012 and scored victories in some statewide primaries. But to me, as the Tea Party gets stronger within the Republican Party in Texas, the prospect of a blue Texas becomes stronger and stronger. "
Julian Castro
Election
Tea
Blue