"I have spent my career as a..." - Quote by Kamala Harris
I have spent my career as a prosecutor. I've only had one client in my entire life, and that has been the people.
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“People who work for me know that family comes first. And I'm fortunate to have a family that is very supportive of the work I do, so I don't have to live two separate lives.”
“One of the things that I do to relax at the end of the day is I read recipes.”
“If we do not lift up women and families, everyone will fall short.”
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“My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences with Providence.”
“The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.”
“I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.”
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“I only got the opportjnity to co-host a talk show because I failed at news.”
“My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got halfway. She's an actress, she just never gets called to the set.”
“Early in my career I was divided because I had the real self underneath: the lawbreaker, the anarchist, the person who swims against the tide, the outsider, the loner, all of that guy. He was my private self, and I had this other side that wanted to be liked in order to do all those things I dreamed of as a little boy. I didn't realize that those things didn't go together until later. And I'm quite sure that my use of acid and peyote helped me accept what was really going on inside of me instead of what I had imposed on myself.”