"Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date."
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"Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.“
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"I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in."
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"Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls."
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"Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one."
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