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A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives.

~Deval Patrick

Topics: All The Difference Difference Excitement Full Great Great Teacher Her Lives Love Make Students Teacher Who

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I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.

~Deval Patrick

Topics: Ability Apply Better Better Life Better Way Build Climb Community Country Envision Hole Hope Imagine Life Out Then Think Way Yourself I Think

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I grew up on the south side of Chicago, most of that time on welfare. My mother and sister and I used to live with my grandparents and various cousins. We shared a two-bedroom tenement, and the three of us slept in one of those bedrooms and had a set of bunk beds.

~Deval Patrick

Topics: Bedrooms Beds Bunk Chicago Cousins Grandparents Grew Had Live Most Mother Set Shared Side Sister Slept South Those Three Time Up Us Used Various Welfare

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We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate.

~Deval Patrick

Topics: Best Compassionate Efficient Government Need Our Pragmatic Smart

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We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up.

~Deval Patrick

Topics: Check Common Common Sense Drained Focus Games Give Good Good People More Our Out People Politics Sense Tactics Up

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We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has a role to play, not in solving every problem in everybody's life but in helping people help themselves to the American dream. That's what Democrats believe.

~Deval Patrick

Topics: American American Dream Believe Democrats Dream Each Every Everybody Government Help Helping Helping People Life Like Other People Play Problem Role Should Solving Themselves Times Turn

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I view the experiences that I have had - both tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. They've been full of lessons. And I've learned to be open to those lessons.

~Deval Patrick

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For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe.

~Deval Patrick

Topics: Been Believe Democrats Going Hear Long People Tell Telling Too Want You I Believe

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I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House.

~Deval Patrick

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If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.

~Deval Patrick

Topics: Beyond Ever Go Going Head Moment Move Picture Stand Want Where You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: July 31st, 1956

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