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I wasn't predicted to be anything. I just followed an inner spirit, and it put me in the right place and the right time. I didn't want to be the mayor of Atlanta. I didn't want to run for Congress. I didn't want to work for Martin Luther King Jr. I wanted to work close to him and be a writer and write about the movement.

~Andrew Young

Topics: About Anything Atlanta Close Congress Followed Him Inner Just King Luther Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr Mayor Me Movement Place Predicted Put Right Right Place Right Time Run Spirit Time Want Wanted Work Write Writer

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Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line.

~Andy Grove

Topics: Accomplishing Actually Comment Congress Hour Individuals Internet Law Line Minimum Pass Public Restricting Specific Spent Task While Who Will

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America is living through the third economic revolution and our country doesn't really have a plan on how to deal with it, and when it does - like the president sort of outlined when he first got here - we have a Congress who seem incapable of acting on it.

~Andy Stern

Topics: Acting America Congress Country Deal Does Economic First Got He Here How Incapable Like Living Our Plan President Really Revolution Seem Sort Third Through Who

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Despite broad public support, raising the minimum wage is always difficult owing to the disproportionate influence that wealthy firms and donors have in Congress.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Always Broad Congress Despite Difficult Disproportionate Donors Influence Minimum Minimum Wage Owing Public Raising Support Wage Wealthy

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I'm in favor of inequality if it comes about from people making great innovations that make us all better off. And I think those people deserve to be rich. But the people who get rich by lobbying the Congress to give them special protections that come out of the hides of the workers seems to be a bad idea.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: About Bad Bad Idea Better Better Off Come Congress Deserve Favor Get Give Great Hides Idea Inequality Innovations Lobbying Make Making Off Out People Rich Seems Special Them Think Those Us Who Workers I Think

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I'm old enough to remember Richard Nixon. They called it the imperial presidency when he was refusing to spend money that Congress had appropriated.

~Angus King

Topics: Congress Enough Had He Imperial Money Nixon Old Old Enough Presidency Refusing Remember Richard Richard Nixon Spend

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Both of my children - my daughter Caroline, a public school teacher, and my son Elliot, an Army Ranger - are dedicating their lives to public service; thus, they have inspired my own decision to run for Congress.

~Ann Callis

Topics: Army Both Children Congress Daughter Decision Inspired Lives My Own Own Public Public School Public Service Ranger Run School School Teacher Service Son Teacher Thus

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In Congress, I was a relentless advocate for fiscal responsibility.

~Ann Kirkpatrick

Topics: Advocate Congress Fiscal Fiscal Responsibility Relentless Responsibility

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In 2010, I proposed that Congress take its first pay cut in 77 years, and my effort had bipartisan support. And as part of leading by example, I returned 5 percent of my paycheck every month to pay down the debt.

~Ann Kirkpatrick

Topics: Bipartisan Congress Cut Debt Down Effort Every Example First Had Leading Month Part Pay Paycheck Percent Proposed Returned Support Take Years

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Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress.

~Ann Kirkpatrick

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