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If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead–if you strike oil.

Dec 06, 2017

Paul J. Getty,
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You’re not going to have a government that represents all of us, so long as you have candidates like Secretary Clinton being dependent on big money interests.

Apr 17, 2016

Bernie Sanders, Politico
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Yes. I think it's an obscene amount of money. I think that, you know, we had some protesters last night when we pulled up in San Francisco and they're right to protest. They're absolutely right. It is an obscene amount of money. The Sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. It's ridiculous that we should have this kind of money in politics. I agree completely.

Apr 17, 2016

George Clooney, NBC
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We just need something tangible to make us believe that politicians care about us. The wards in Flint haven’t seen any of this federal aid, but we do all the tax paying and all the dying.

Feb 03, 2016

Gladyes Williamson, The Huffington Post
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To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation: we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and to fight for equal rights for women in America.

Feb 22, 2015

Patricia Arquette, 2015 Academy Awards
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We wish those in happy relationships a very happy Valentine’s Day… and encourage everyone else to clean out their closets, donate to Goodwill and start fresh!

Feb 12, 2016

Veronica Brandon Miller, Fox News
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Dec 15, 2015

Daniel Boorstin, Famous historian
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Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small.

Mar 09, 2015

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Educational TV series Cosmos
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This report sends a clear message that ending poverty will not be possible unless we take strong action to reduce the threat of climate change on poor people and dramatically reduce harmful emissions.

Nov 08, 2015

Jim Yong Kim, Huffington Post
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It is not enough to let a few drops fall whenever the poor shake a cup which never runs over by itself.

Jul 09, 2015

Pope Francis, Speech by Pope Francis
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