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" Truly landmark pieces of legislation - including the Social Security Act, Medicare, and the Kennedy and Reagan tax reductions - historically have garnered strong support from both parties. The ACA did not. "

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" I have kids in high school that don't know how to balance a checkbook. We need to have that fundamental understanding of economics as we move forward to develop the next generation of young people. "

Linda McMahon

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" I don't know Gov. Palin. I've certainly seen her, since she came on the scene, you know, running with John McCain. "

" You have to think about the WWE as soap operas. "

" Like all small-business owners, I know what it's like to take a risk on an idea, manage cash flow, navigate regulations and tax laws, and create jobs. "

" More entrepreneurs are looking to come back to start businesses, and that is where SBA is perfectly positioned to be helping more people to realize their dreams. "

" I was a tomboy. And one of my first recollections of great success was playing baseball with the boys. "

" Being under the political spotlight is far different than anything I'd experienced before. Every word is a critical word. Sometimes you really aren't allowed to get your full thought out. A lot of it is about having a 30-second sound bite. "

" I certainly think you could look at the business side of how WWE was run, which was as a conservative company with little debt and strong cash balance. "

" Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the challenges that must be overcome. Those challenges are in government, politics, world leadership, and even in community life. "

" When I was asked if I supported merging SBA into Commerce, I really wasn't focused on SBA or Commerce; I was focused on the concept of merging agencies, or reducing duplicative programs, so that we could reduce those costs. I am a firm believer that SBA needs to be a stand-alone agency. "

" I never really thought about the fact that there weren't female role models, because I had them in my life. The women I knew in my life were so strong. "

" You cant be afraid to take a risk. You can't be afraid to take a risk because you think you might fail. "

" I thought I was answering a question that I had heard that was about increasing the minimum wage - would I consider that. So let me just go on record and say this: I am not for decreasing the minimum wage. I did not say that and that is not something I would consider. "

Linda McMahon

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Minimum Wage

" I think it's high time that we had a woman president. But I don't want to elect someone just because she's a woman; I want the best candidate to be elected. I think that any woman who is elected to the highest office in the land would clearly have positive role model effects for other young women. "

" While they're in WWE, we absolutely have a health and wellness policy. I'll probably always say 'we,' even though I've resigned as the CEO. It's kind of hard to break a 30-year habit. "

" You have to have a work ethic. It is always 24/7. It is a lot of sweat equity, and it is a little bit of Lady Luck. "

" It was acting, and WWE is the longest-running weekly episodic program in television. Sure, there are story lines that are better than others. "

" I like to tell small business owners and entrepreneurs, 'I get it. I have your back on this. I understand about regulation. I understand how taxes are taxing. I understand what it is like not to be able to borrow money when you need it.' "

" I remember the early days when every month I had to decide whether I should continue to lease a typewriter or if I could finally afford to buy it. Yes, that $12 a month really made a difference in our budget. "

" Even entrepreneurs with the best ideas sometimes need a little wind beneath their wings. "

" My number one philosophy for leadership is leadership by example. If you are not willing to do it yourself, how can you show others how to do it? "

" Someone asked me recently if marriage is 50-50 - it averages out to be 50-50, but sometimes it's 75-25, sometimes it's 90-10. In the end, it has to average out to be 50-50; that's how you support each other. "

" WWE is a company that produces fiction. It's a soap opera that runs 52 weeks a year without reruns. "

" I wasn't looking for a hobby. If I were looking for a hobby, it wouldn't be the United States Senate. That's one of the toughest jobs I'd probably ever do. I just felt there wasn't enough compromise going on: People were too far to the left, too far to the right, with no one trying to build a compromise. "

" The small businesses that I've talked to have consistently said that the cost of health care is one of the things that they need the most help with. "

" We want to create more jobs. We want to qualify more lenders and expand lending markets. But also, I want a very different SBA - it's not your father's SBA. I want to modernize it and reposition it so when people think about jobs, they think about how the Small Business Administration would really be helpful. "

" Small business people are people with goals and values that can't be calculated on a profit and loss statement. "

" I'm going to continue to talk about what is important to the people of Connecticut which is jobs, getting people back to work, the economy. "

" It is past time for Democrats and Republicans to join together to create a bipartisan coalition for courage and common sense. "

" It always is a battle for a Republican in Connecticut, even one who's a moderate like I am, and one who's an independent thinker. "

Linda McMahon

I Am

Always