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As a young boy I won a few dollars in 1972 when Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby. I had overheard someone say he was going to win, and I guess that made an impression on me. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#derby #dollars #few #going #guess

I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#i #imitate #kid #mimic #people

And one of the most important values of Barack Obama is that he will always level with the American people. ↗

— Charlie Gonzalez

#american #american people #barack #barack obama #important

This nation's elected leaders owe all Americans the duty of formulating an Iraqi policy based on sound analysis of the actual facts. ↗

— Charlie Gonzalez

#all americans #analysis #based #duty #elected

Because he'll take me to Cuba and I don't want to go to Cuba. ↗

— Elian Gonzalez

#cuba #go #i #me #take

It's the least that someone can do, someone like me that owes so much to this people and to the revolution: study hard, but more than that, defend them under any circumstance. ↗

— Elian Gonzalez

#circumstance #defend #hard #least #like

I don't have to be in politics. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#politics

I have voted to make tough decisions in budgetary times, I've served on two recessionary budgets, my opponent has never served on any a budget committee where there was less money to spend than the year before. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#before #budget #budgetary #budgets #committee

I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.' ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#accustomed #futures #how #i #i think

When I began in 1960, individuality wasn't an accepted thing to look for; it was about species-specific behaviour. But animal behaviour is not hard science. There's room for intuition. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#accepted #animal #began #behaviour #hard