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" 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
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People
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" San Antonio is an ideal market for Major League Soccer. It's time that we put our best foot forward. "
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" My grandmother's generation and generations before always saw beyond the horizons of their own lives and their own circumstances. They believed that opportunity created today would lead to prosperity tomorrow. "
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Generation
Today
Opportunity
" The destiny of the Latino community is interwoven with the destiny of the United States. "
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Latino
Community
United
" We have a responsibility to protect public housing residents from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, especially the elderly and children who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases. "
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" 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. "
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Lift
Talent
Shadow
" Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. "
Julian Castro
Done
Got
Democrats
" I consider myself a pretty progressive person, and I think I have a track record that shows that. But I'm also not just going to do a policy because it's the liberal thing to do. "
Julian Castro
Policy
Think
Myself
" 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. "
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Opportunity
Intelligence
Dreams
" 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
" Republicans are so far out to the right, it's pushing people into the Democratic Party. "
Julian Castro
Right
Far
Pushing
" 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
" Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. "
Julian Castro
Get
Mitt Romney
Quite
" My family's story isn't special. What's special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. No matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward. "
Julian Castro
You
America
Family
" My mother dreamed dreams for Joaquin and for me long before we could dream them for ourselves. "
Julian Castro
Mother
Before
Dream
" In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. 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
American Dream
Marathon
End
" 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
" It's a significant contribution if we can get immigration reform done. "
Julian Castro
Immigration
Reform
Contribution
" 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
" Some people are lucky enough to borrow money from their parents, but that shouldn't determine whether you can pursue your dreams. "
Julian Castro
Parents
Money
You
" My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way - the good people of San Antonio willing- to the United States Congress. "
Julian Castro
People
Good
Live
" Hopefully, in not a too distant future, we will see a Latino president, and who knows how's that going to happen. It's just a matter of time. "
Julian Castro
See
Will
Time
" I wanted to be a quarterback. I used to like Johnny Unitas, the old quarterback for the Colts. "
Julian Castro
Used
Wanted
Old
" 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
" I'm a recovering politician. "
Julian Castro
Recovering
Politician
" This thing has been studied to death by Republicans and Democrats: several committees, including in Congress, that have all said, 'Yes, of course what happened was tragic, but Secretary Clinton was not in any way at fault,' and what you have here with these e-mails is basically a witch hunt. "
Julian Castro
Death
Congress
Way
" I wanted more people from my city to be able to have the kind of opportunity that I had. "
Julian Castro
People
City
Kind
" 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. "
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Experience
People
Mother
" I understand Spanish better than I speak it. "
Julian Castro
Spanish
Understand
Than
" I want to be able to pick up a list of names of graduates from high schools and colleges in the city and to see that that list is longer than it was when I started in 2009. "
Julian Castro
Names
City
Want
" 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