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The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself? ↗

— Marco Rubio

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We are a people that have always celebrated other people's success so long as we always had the opportunity to meet that success ourselves. That is the American nature. That is the American character. That is one of the things that makes us different from the rest of the world. And I'm afraid we could lose that or are on the verge of losing that. ↗

— Marco Rubio

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We can not continue to allow this over reliance on government to replace the cornerstone institution that has made the American experience possible. ↗

— Marco Rubio

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We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a legal immigration system that works for immigrants and works for America. ↗

— Marco Rubio

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When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country? ↗

— Marco Rubio

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I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did. ↗

— Darius Rucker

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So in terms of the global economic footprint, let's just say China within the next decade and a bit is likely to emerge as the world's largest economy. Obviously its foreign policy and security policy footprint increases and that creates both challenges and opportunities for us all. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior. ↗

— Alan Rudolph

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I started taking ballet lessons when I was 4, and I was performing in ballet companies when I was 10, and I did summer stock in Miami Beach when I was 12, and finally I said, 'I gotta go to Broadway.' ↗

— Rita Rudner

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I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

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