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The American political system is based on the president taking the initiative and Congress responding. With President Trump, it's been the opposite.

H. W. Brands

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One of the great joys this year and the year before has been how all of the people in this body, men and women, Republicans and Democrats, have worked together so well with our chairman and the chairman of the full committee to address the issues of housing for our soldiers.

Robin Hayes

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Social media has been such a big platform for my success. But it can also be a toxic place.

Rupi Kaur

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People spend their entire lives trying to construct something to grab onto: a family, a home, a business. Rarely does anyone seem to manage to get much ground under their feet.

Michelle Dean

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We benefited from an enlightened post-war period in the United States: Our National Institutes of Health have enthusiastically and generously supported basic research.

Michael Rosbash

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I'm an emotional person, and I externalise my feelings a lot with some things, but I'm strong with others.

Luis Suarez

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I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books.

Lois Lowry

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The people we want in our news prime-time space now are strongly opinionated people who I think, for the most part, attract audiences of like-minded people, who want to know 'what's our side thinking right now?'

Juan Williams

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I met Leonardo DiCaprio and Busta Rhymes the same night, on my birthday in New York.

Jason Mitchell

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I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

Diane Cilento

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I can't text. My fingers are too big.

Denis Leary

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I've created the life I wanted.

Chris Gardner

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I think one of the things about listening is that it's always at its most powerful when it's present, when it's right here, when it's right now. And that's a lesson about improv that I think just made me a much more social person.

Chris Gethard

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