"I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out."

"Reforming California's Prisons: An Interview With Jackie Speier, Mother Jones, July 7, 2005"

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"Antray are created by speaking completely negatively; and 'positive' does not create obstacles."

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