Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.

God created every heart, every person for relationship.

Discouragement is root of distress.

Do the things that make your spirit soar. Be fearless.Cultivate the interests that inspire you. Nourish your curiosity and embrace what comes back to you as your gift for taking aleap forward.

Surely you can see the failings of the system. Inequality, injustice, unfairness, and exploitation--

Most people don't deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.

Learn to laugh at yourselves as one must laugh!

I get tired of the same albums, the same look and singing the same songs. When I get bored I paint, I plant trees and just do something different. I get far away from singing.

And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty's heightening.

I make hats for lots of iconic people, and that makes my job very interesting.

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