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• It's possible that the 2012 general-election race will be the least overtly religious one since 1972, the last campaign before Roe v. Wade and the rise of Jimmy Carter brought evangelicalism into the political mainstream. That's because faith remains a complicated issue for Obama, who is still wrongly thought to be a Muslim in some quarters.

  Jon Meacham

  Religious, Race, Issues

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• Britney Spears is definitely my favorite past Candie's girl; her campaigns were gorgeous.

  Lea Michele

  Girl, Past, Gorgeous

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• What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign.

  Dennis Miller

  Business, War, Taken

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• I'm a longtime fan of American Eagle, so when they approached me about joining their 'Live Your Life' campaign, it already felt like an organic fit.

  Shay Mitchell

  Eagles, Live Your Life, Fans

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• There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done.

  Moby

  Believe, Marketing, Trying

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• Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point; certainly, many of us who were involved in the Nader campaign in 2000 felt that way.

  Michael Moore

  Important, Way, Vote

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• I don't want to get too involved in marketing budgets, online promotions and download set-ups because it would be a bit like Gertrude Stein mapping out a TV campaign. I want to sing. I want visibility. I am essentially Al Martino, not Seymour Stein.

  Steven Morrissey

  Marketing, Gertrude, Would Be

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• People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.

  Robert Mugabe

  People, Soldier, Vote

  "Mugabe slams Blair, vows free vote". Interview with Jeff Koinange, www.cnn.com. March 30, 2005.

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• Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Powerful, Successful, Opposites

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• I worked for a lot of candidates, in tough campaigns that lost. Most of my candidates lost until Bill Clinton. There was always a point where you look in their eyes and they knew it was over. And there was never that point with Clinton. He never quit. He never gave up.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Eye, Looks, Bills

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• Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Giving Up, Secret, Resilience

  Interview with Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance, www.pbs.org. February 20, 2012.

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• On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Running, College, Anchors

  "Getting Beyond 'Firsts'" by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 8, 2010.

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• In the run-up to the 1992 Democratic convention, Clinton's campaign realized that voters thought the young governor had a privileged upbringing. They didn't buy his alleged concern for the middle class.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Running, Class, Voters

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• When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access.

  Dee Dee Myers

  White, Volunteer, House

  "What if women ruled the world?" by Dee Dee Myers, www.today.com. February 23, 2008.

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• When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role, but I never gave a minute's thought to what would happen if we won. When we did - and I became the first woman to serve as White House press secretary - it changed my life. But it didn't change the world.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Play, White, House

  Dee Dee Myers (2009). “Why Women Should Rule the World”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.

  Ralph Nader

  Party, Government, Order

  Ralph Nader (2007). “Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender”, p.332, Macmillan

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• Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed the easiest and most fun way to quickly set up a fundraising campaign and send it around to your friends and family.

  Edward Norton

  Running, Fun, School

  Interview with Teena Apeles, www.askmen.com.

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• People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often don't elect politicians, so the politicians who are supporting them are really being very charitable, because they're not going to give them billions of dollars in campaign funds.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  People, Giving, Dollars

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. May 8, 2013.

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• I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?

  Rand Paul

  Jobs, Hate, People

  "Rand Paul To Obama: 'Do You Hate Rich People Or Just Rich People Who Don't Contribute To Your Campaign?'". www.realclearpolitics.com. February 9, 2012.

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• I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on economics. He doesn't worry about the Federal Reserve. He doesn't worry about foreign policy. He doesn't talk about civil liberties, so I would have a hard time to expect him to ever invite me to campaign with him.

  Ron Paul

  Thinking, Hard Times, Worry

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• During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

  Ron Paul

  Lasts, Foreign Policy, Monetary Policy

  "Austan Goolsbee and Ron Paul on "State of the Union"". "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 5, 2011.

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• Campaign boot camp started as an opportunity to work in a grassroots way with people who were running for Congress. Colleagues on the Democratic National Committee were batting around different possibilities. I said, 'We should have boot camps.'

  Christine Pelosi

  Running, Opportunity, Should Have

  "Christine Pelosi's boot camp trains future politicians to avoid the campaign minefield" by Sam Whiting, www.sfgate.com. February 3, 2008.

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• Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.

  John Podhoretz

  Winning, Giving, Political

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• All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth.

  John Podhoretz

  Promise, Levels, Earth

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• Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

  Colin Powell

  Moving, Issues, Unemployment

  "Colin Powell reflects on endorsing Obama in 2008". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. May 22, 2012.

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