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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The response to my op-ed by global warming alarmists has been interesting. Former Vice President Al Gore has called me a "denier" and informs us that climate change is "a principle in physics. It's like gravity. It exists." Perhaps he's right. Climate change is like gravity - a naturally occurring phenomenon that existed long before, and will exist long after, any governmental attempts to affect it.
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As with all great teachers, his curriculum was an insignificant part of what he communicated. From him you didn't learn a subject, but a life...Tolerance and justice, fearlessness and pride, reverence and pity, are learned in a course on long division if the teacher has those qualities.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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I never really feel overwhelmed; I feel energized by what goes on in our day.
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My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
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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.
