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I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can't be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgements can make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and hanging on; that laughter is often the best, and sometimes the only response to pain. Perhaps most important, I learned that everyone has a story - of dreams and ..
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If you want to live like a Republican, vote like a Democrat.
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A man is more than the sum of all the things he can do.
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In other words, our constitution was designed by people who were idealistic but not ideological. There's a big difference. You can have a philosophy that tends to be liberal or conservative but still be open to evidence, experience, and argument. That enables people with honest differences to find practical, principled compromise. On the other hand, fervent insistence on an ideology makes evidence, experience, and arguments irrelevant: If y..
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Our democracy cannot survive its current downward drift into tribalism, extremism, and seething resentment. Today it's "us versus them" in America. Politics is little more than blood sport. As a result, our willingness to believe the worst about everyone outside our own bubble is growing, and our ability to solve problems and seize opportunities is shrinking. We have to do better. We have honest differences. We need vigorous debates. Health..
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The media knows what sells--conflict and division. It's also quick and easy. All too often anger works better than answers; resentment better than reason; emotion trumps evidence. A sanctimonious, sneering one-liner, no matter how bogus, is seen as straight talk, while a calm, well-argued response is seen as canned and phony.
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Piece by piece, pushing that rock up the hill.
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Hillary will make us stronger together. You know it because she's spent a lifetime doing it.
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I feel your pain.
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End welfare as we know it.
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The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.
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We want to live forever, and we're getting there.
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I end tonight where it all began for me: I still believe in a place called Hope.
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You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That's a good-looking mummy.
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Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.
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I felt like a pickle stepping into history.
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Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.
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What are the needs of the world? What can I do that won't be done if I don't do it?
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We need a steady stream of cash. The American people have been uncommonly generous.
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Iraq is] not Vietnam, we have a government that has a support of the majority of the people.
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I have met all the most gifted people in our generation and you're the best.
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I just love that rug.
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There's never a perfect bipartisan bill in the eyes of a partisan.
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It's a great thing about not being office--you can just say whatever you want.
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Hillary opened my eyes to a whole new world of public service by private citizens.
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She never made fun of people with disabilities; she tried to empower them based on their abilities.
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