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" Too often, people get jobs based on who they know - not what they know. "

Elizabeth Warren

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" I get heartfelt thanks from all kinds of people. Today I heard from a waitress in Georgia who has lost her job and is trying to figure out how her local bank can change the terms on her credit card, and I heard from a physicist at a major research university who wants to explain a better theory of financial stress tests. "

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" Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class. "

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" No matter how good a deal sounds, if your name goes on the bottom line, you need to understand it and be sure you'll be able to pay. You are responsible for yourself forever. Forever. "

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" With the right sources of funding and some smart, strategic thinking about how to force non-banks to follow the same rules as other lenders, the entire landscape of consumer lending would change. "

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" You can't predict it all. People will tell you to plan things out as best you can. They will tell you to focus. They will tell you to follow your dreams. They will all be right. "

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" Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people. "

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" If your plan is to put a product out there that people can see and understand, then by golly, we're going to get along just fine. "

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" Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system. "

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" It doesn't make me happy to go back and talk about how great high school was. "

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" I made it real clear to the business community - if your plan for innovation is to trick people, is to fool them, is not to tell them the truth about the price, then you're right: I'm going to be right in the way. "

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" How do you think we build a future? I think we build it by investing in our kids and investing in education. "

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" Does anyone believe that Goldman Sachs is gonna give up a deal that would yield millions of dollars because someone fussed at them behind closed doors? "

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" If the big banks expect to buy influence when they give money to favored think tanks, then the public has a right to know. If the big banks don't expect to buy influence and are merely making charitable contributions, then their shareholders have a right to know. Either way, there's no excuse for keeping these payments secret. "

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" I'm really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become too-big-for-trial. "

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" President Obama believes in a level playing field. "

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" I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people. "

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" Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans. "

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" People who graduate are more resilient financially, and they weather economic downturns better than people who don't graduate. And, throughout their lives, people who graduate are more likely to be economically secure, more likely to be healthy, and more likely to live longer. Face it: A college degree puts a lot in your corner. "

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