What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that's what I want.
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ABIGAIL BRESLIN I don't want to think about what I'm doing in 20 years. All I want is I want to be happy, an... SAM SMITH She was in a bit of a state and needed to know that I was OK. She managed to get a message to me say... PETE DOHERTY I'd say putting another Clinton in the White House is only going to make that right-wing extremi... JILL STEIN I'm just getting a chance now to do interviews with people in a way that I never did before when I w... KATHIE LEE GIFFORD I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finish... PADMA LAKSHMI At 25, I found myself anchoring coverage of President Clinton's impeachment trial from Capitol H... DAVID MUIR That isn't a surprise. What I think is important for the LPGA is that Michelle can dream her dreams ... CAROLYN BIVENS Hillary Clinton isn't answering important questions in this campaign, such as: Is she running for pr... BRIAN DONAHUE She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cauti... PATRICK ROTHFUSS My grandmother. She's someone I never met, and I would've loved to have met her. She's b... AMY TAN On Hillary's side, I don't think it gets more establishment than Hillary Clinton. If I had o... GARY JOHNSON The fact that it's helping Hillary is not a negative, but I guarantee you that if she never intended... HARRY THOMASON In the Democratic primary in 2008, the Obama team devised a strategy to use the caucuses and a compl... JOHN PODHORETZ We asked an awful lot of Jenny tonight. Without Hillary in there, she had to handle the ball most of... JON STREBE I would never design anything. I just think that's kind of wack. I hated every rapper fashion li... DANNY BROWN If you want to know how Hillary Clinton could try to distance herself from President Obama's muc... NINA EASTON That isn't a surprise, ... 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BARACK OBAMA Indeed, it's not a stretch to say that most voters no longer choose their representatives; instead, ... BARACK OBAMA This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its be... BARACK OBAMA The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, b... BARACK OBAMA We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist. BARACK OBAMA I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career. BARACK OBAMA The condition of the black race, their pain, their wounds, would in his mind become merged with his ... BARRACK OBAMA If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking a... BARACK OBAMA But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. BARACK OBAMA Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been ... 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