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I had a very good friend who was two years older than I was, and she was in law school, and she said, 'It's a great thing to do when you have no idea what you want to do.' And she was right. I learned a lot, I practiced law for 10 years. I've never looked back once I stopped practicing law, but it was a really good experience.

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When I finished law school, I had a 10-year plan. My plan was to go to a law firm, fall madly in love, have a baby by the time I was 30, make partner, and live happily ever after.

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I finally said, 'I don't care if you're the first person in your family to be a lawyer.' Everybody thought what I was doing was really exciting, but it was not moving me one bit. And that's when I decided to join city government in Chicago, and that changed my life.

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One miscalculation I made is I did not fully appreciate that the Republicans in Congress were going to just say no to everything. Even when there are ideas that have traditionally been bipartisan.

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Just because somebody says no doesn't mean that you have to listen. You can do what you think is right.

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My theory is this: Rather than having commentaries from the cheap seats, get involved and see what you can do. What can you do around your own community, within your own family, to try to improve race relations in our country? I think this is a responsibility that we all have as citizens.

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Encouraging the next generation is really where my heart is.

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I want everyone to feel empowered. Everyone can do something.

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I certainly hope that we can all continue to be forces for good after leaving the White House.

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For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: November 14th, 1956

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