Any time you have divided government—if you have a Congress of one party and a president of the other party, or a split Congress and a president of one of the other parties—it is tough. But you try to pass the legislation that is important to you and try to negotiate with the Senate, in the scenario…
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That ours is a party of opportunity for everybody, no matter where you are from or who you are in the United States. And we are going to do everything we can to make sure people can pursue their American dreams. That is why you hear us talking about building greater schools and universities, making…
I think Trump is going to be harder to beat than people think….Because he has an extremely energized base. Because every decision he makes is politically calculated to ensure his own survival and success...Republicans [are] by and large complicit. You have a guy who never does the right thing for th…
I think ultimately the American people want leaders with honesty, integrity and a unifying vision of this country. But that may not be what primary voters want at this moment.
You can see the damn Supreme Court from my window. And it says, ‘Equal justice under the law.’ And we’re not anywhere close to it.
I had spent a lot of time in law school in a legal aid clinic doing legal services work, and I saw how important our court system was and how critical it is that people have access to adequate representation. I spent one of my summers interning in a district attorney’s office and saw how critical it…
— Joe Kennedy III, An Interview with Joe Kennedy III, Representative from MA-4
I wasn’t quite ready for a desk job when I was finishing up school. A bunch of my classmates were going into I-Banking and management consulting jobs, and I just wasn’t ready to sit behind a desk. I wanted to go out in the world, and I figured it was a good time to see what else was out there. I’ve…
— Joe Kennedy III, An Interview with Joe Kennedy III, Representative from MA-4
I believe in forgiveness. I believe in second chances.
— Ellen Degeneres, In this conversation, @KevinHart was authentic and real
Fortnite is different, because it's not even about the game at all: it's a place we're all going together.
The Plan for a Green New Deal shall recognize that a national, industrial, economic mobilization of this scope and scale is a historic opportunity to virtually eliminate poverty in the United States and to make prosperity, wealth and economic security available to everyone participating in the trans…
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, FINAL Select Committee for a Green New Deal
Ambergris is lust. The Chinese thought ambergris was the saliva of dragons.
Girls today can be anything.
That’s sad. People buying books because of what’s popular, and not because they wanna be moved or changed in some way.
— Greg Berlanti, Sera Gamble, Guinevere Beck, Elizabeth Lail, Pilot
No! Oh, fuck a duck. I'm gonna go? I'm gonna go... fuck a duck.
— Kelly Galuska, Maurice "Maury" Hormone Monster, Nick Kroll, Everybody Bleeds
It's not for me but people will like it. It's Starbucks. It's what America wants.
Listen to me! You want to shoplift lipstick, you want to listen to Lana Del Rey on repeat while you cut up all your T-shirts. You want to scream at your mother and then laugh at her tears!
— Kelly Galuska, Connie the Hormone Monstress, Maya Rudolph, Everybody Bleeds
Different though their characters may be, the demographics of their clients are the same: predominately white men.
— Tiffany Diane Tso, These Dominatrixes Want to Smash Stereotypes About Asian Women
The White House has called the plan 'a nonstarter,' saying that it 'fails to secure the border, and puts the needs of other countries above the needs of our own citizens.'
— Eric Lutz, Trump’s Shutdown Crisis Has Made Nancy Pelosi Even More Powerful
There is also a tendency—one that likely applies to women as well as to men—that once a sexual interaction starts with a partner who seems to want sex, the desire to keep the exchange on an even keel eventually facilitates unwanted sex.
Wherever you were and however you felt in 2018—it’s over. And though time certainly isn’t linear, much of it feels entirely new even as it resurfaces.
— AstroPoets, Twitter's Favorite Astrologers Predict What Your 2019 Will Look Like