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" We're heading towards a perception tipping point where it's going to soon become a foregone conclusion that not only has Newark turned a corner, but it's way down the right road. "
Cory Booker
Right
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" There was a small point in my life in law school, right before I moved to Newark, when I didn't know what I wanted to do, and I felt so lost. "
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" My generation of Americans, the scions of daring dreamers, the children of the fearlessly faithful and the offspring of many of history's most audacious actors - we, together, drink deeply from wells of freedom, liberty and opportunity that we did not dig. "
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" Elections have consequences. So many people want to complain, but they don't want to vote. We can talk about Hillary Clinton. We can celebrate her; we can support her, but if we don't come out and vote for her, for shame. "
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" One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation. "
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" When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism. "
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" I learned about community organizing from my parents. As a child, their stories were so instructive. "
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" Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own American dream of prosperity. "
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" I believe that living life with a definiteness of purpose, with having a central focus, is essential to success. "
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" I'm going to have setbacks and failures; I'm not going to see change right away all of the time or most of the time. But everybody I've ever respected has failed at one thing or another. I've definitely fallen on my face. But I've also had a comparatively easy life. "
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" We're all tired of a Washington that has these partisan camps where nothing gets done. "
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" I live in Newark. My family lives in Newark. I own a house in Newark. "
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" What we need to do is understand that we have to love each other, that we have to see each other have worth and dignity and value. "
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" I want to be myself. I want to be as authentic as possible. "
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" I want to try to live my own values as consciously and purposefully as I can. Being vegan for me is a cleaner way of not participating in practices that don't align with my values. "
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" As a vegetarian eating a plateful of eggs, I found myself in this weird place where I didn't want to think about where those eggs came from. I didn't want to think about the treatment of the animals who produced those eggs. When I find myself trying not to think about things, it seems to me that I'm practicing avoidance. "
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" I spent eight years living without heat and hot water. "
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" It's incredibly flattering to be a U.S. senator, which I want to stay at for a long time. "
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" These false barriers that we've erected of space and race, all these illusions that we've allowed to infect us like toxins, we've got to rid ourselves of that. We are a better nation when we are ultimately united in a common purpose and a common cause. "
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" Everybody wants to find their soul mate, and I'm no different. That's definitely what I want in the future. "
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" In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That's the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate. "
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" You don't have to be one of those people that accepts things as they are. Every day, take responsibility for changing them right where you are. "
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" The issues we hear Donald Trump talking about are just so contrary to who we are as a people. They are an affront and an insult to our higher angels and our best selves. "
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" My simple point is that I judge a person's faith by how they live their life, not by the tenets of their religion. I've watched the holiest of people walk past somebody in need or treat their staff mean. To me, the beauty of faith is only seen when people live it consistently or struggle to do so. "
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" Innovators reimagine our world in so many areas. We need them to help reimagine what government can and should be. "
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" I've been wrong on everything about Trump; I've been wrong about everything on the Republican side of the ledger. But allow me - with that caveat - to made the prediction that Donald Trump will not be the president of the United States. It just will not happen. "
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" I thought that Donald Trump's ascendancy would end when he attacked John McCain, saying he's not a war hero. I found that shocking, for him to say that. "
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" In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence. "
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