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"I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer money and then turn around and act like it's business as usual. I don't understand how they can't see that the world has changed in a fundamental way, that it is not business as usual when you take taxpayer dollars."
"The Republicans underestimated and underestimated and underestimated Donald Trump. And look where that got them. They kept saying, no, no, no, that's not going to happen, we don't have to worry about that."
"Say good-bye to a Supreme Court that is truly open and balanced and looking out for the American people. Instead the Republicans just want to capture a right-wing court for another whole generation."
"Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense."
"Balancing your money is the key to having enough."
"I'm proud of my Native American heritage."
"We're Americans. We celebrate success. We just don't want the game to be rigged."
"Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she's out there, she's tough."
"There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn't know how to throw a punch."
"My parents and I were all afraid of being poor - really poor."
"I hear all this, you know, 'Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.' No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own - nobody."
"Once you've gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun."
"Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important."
"Part of my job is to make sense of all that I hear, and to retell it in a forceful way so that the decision-makers at Treasury can hear it. At least that's how I see it."
"I'm really concerned that 'too big to fail' has become 'too big for trial'."
"I can remember riding in the car with [my daughter] Amelia, when she was very small, and we'd talk about money the same way we'd talk about sparkly shoes or what had happened at school."
"There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color...We must fight back."
"My mother said, if you don't have the cash, don't buy it. And on that, my mother was right."
"I once had half a cup [of coffee], twenty years ago, and I'm still working it off."
"I don't want to overstate the gender difference. But women are more sensitized to the way that larger issues affect their pocketbooks, like pay equality or cost of living changes."