Kamala Harris Quotes
Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.
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I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
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Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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When people read a novel 600 pages long, six months pass, and all they will remember are five pages. They don't remember the text - instead, they remember the sensations the text gives them.
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When you're dealing with a new platform, the real trick is just getting the game running.
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Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.
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A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.
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We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.
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I feel like I know so little, and I just hope I get to live so long. I came to puberty late; it's all been late.
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To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
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My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me.
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It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
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I've always been interested in the office. I was a secretary a long time ago, and I've always been into paperwork. My first secretarial job was 1965 or 1966.
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I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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My mom told me a long time ago, 'Never get in a fight with a lady.'
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Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
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Love is the most powerful thing in the world, and you know, what love brings is joy.
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You are to bring my message to those ensnared in the drug-net of illusion that they should abstain, that the drugs will bring more harm than good. I send my love to them.
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Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.
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There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. If she is confirmed, Solicitor General Kagan will bring the Supreme Court to an historical high-water mark, with three women concurrently serving as Justices.
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I guess I was raised in a household with a lot of reverence for the physical sanctity of books. You didn't destroy books.
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Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.
