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“Cheaters don't like getting caught.”

“My mother cooked like a scientist. She had a giant Chinese-style cleaver that she chopped with, and a cupboard full of spices.”

“California has a special relationship with the Internet. Many of the core technologies that power the Internet were invented here. Many of the most successful online entrepreneurs and content creators - in business, the arts, and countless other endeavors - got their start here.”

“You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.”

“So many people trip in front of them because they're looking over there or up ahead.”

“I read a lot. I enjoy reading a lot.”

“When you expand your ability to see, you understand that there are a lot of false choices being offered.”

“People see things differently and remember things differently. It's why if somebody robs a liquor store and there are four witnesses they'll often disagree.”

“I'm not good at talking about myself.”

“If segregationists had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate today, I would not be a top contender to be president of the United States.”

“Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.”

“There's some jerks. There's some big egos. There are a few that think they're one of the Founding Fathers... in both parties.”

“I mean, I grew up in a community where people took care of each other. I grew up in a community where my mother, my parents, my extended family really wanted for children to be nurtured and challenged and not harmed.”

“If I've had a particularly crazy day, I try to squeeze in a nice hot bath before I go to bed. And I have a hot cup of tea, usually some kind of chamomile.”

“It's important to have people in your life who will applaud your ambition.”

“I have a reputation for taking on governors a lot more powerful than me.”

“I don't think President Trump is a racist.”

“I think, under President Obama, who was a really bright guy - I didn't agree with a lot of his politics - but we got to the point internationally where our friends didn't trust us. They were confused. And our enemies didn't quite respect us.”

“We deserve a president with the knowledge and experience to reassure a nation weary of tweets, lies, and incompetence. And we deserve a president who speaks to the best of who we are and challenges us to live up to our ideals.”

“My mind doesn't work, my memories don't work like a computer file where I can just retrieve them and, boy, there it is. My mind is selective in terms of memories. When I try to think back to college or high school, there are gaps. I try to fill them in. But I can't tell you it's always the truth.”

“I would remind you the lesser of two socialists is still a socialist.”

“In every work environment, there will be politics. If you really want to rise to the top, you need to figure out what those politics in your workplace are. Then, you hook it in. You decide what conforms and what does not conform to your personal code.”

“Our rights are not absolute. Our rights can be curtailed in the interest of public safety.”

“Part of my focus on what we need to do around smart gun safety laws is recognize we have to have more enforcement around gun dealers.”

“Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.”

“My mother... would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, 'I don't know what's wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?' You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”

“That's what justice represents to me - it's about empowerment of the people.”

“I've had the honor of speaking at many commencements.”

“My mother tells the story about how I'm fussing and she's like, 'Baby, what do you want? What do you need?' And I just looked at her and I said, 'Fweedom.'”

“Let's not build the policy around the abuse. That's not good policy. That's actually bad policy. Build the policy around the aspiration point. That's what we need to do when we're seeing abuse online.”

“We don't have to let extremists define us.”

“Everybody who makes any kind of policy needs to substitute teach. But you've got to be a real teacher. You can't just go to a couple of classes with the regular teacher there. It is an incredibly hard job.”

“I am my happiest self when generations in my family are getting together and I'm cooking.”

“I love being in the United States Senate.”

“With all due respect, I am against dumb.”

“I like policy - call me a nerd.”

“I just think it's so important not to take yourself too seriously.”

“I do not believe we will have a war with Iran.”

“Being a leader means that you're going to have to make difficult calls. You have to have the courage to do what's right, even if it's not popular.”

“I supported Donald Trump.”

“I think the American people, with some justification, think that most politicians live in la-la land.”

“The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.”

“The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair, and just, and they want their country to reflect those ideals.”

“You know people talk about federal money as if it falls from heaven. You know we thank heaven for it, but it came out of people's pockets - and I've driven all over Washington, D.C., I cannot find the money tree.”

“Well, I have great respect for Senator Hirono.”

“I just think you ought to talk straight with your people.”

“Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.”

“Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.”

“I'm prepared to say that law enforcement should be allowed to seize the guns of those who are suspected to be involved in domestic terrorism.”

“Let's keep fighting for the America we believe in, an America free of injustice. An America that we know we can be unburdened by what has been.”