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American - Lawyer Born: November 14, 1956

We don't want to get distracted by looking back; we need to move forward.

Valerie Jarrett

Looking Back Looking Back Want

Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.

Valerie Jarrett

You Adversity Stronger Overcoming

The impact of solitary confinement can have a devastating consequence to the psychology of the people who are affected.

Valerie Jarrett

People Impact Who Psychology

We need to be investing in manufacturing and small businesses. We need to be creating a workforce where Americans can compete in a global marketplace because they have the necessary skills. And we need fairness, and we need a sustainable, strong economy that's durable for the future.

Valerie Jarrett

Future Strong Small Need

There are certain things that Americans expect their government to do. Our infrastructure is vitally important. Putting people back to work with construction is important. Our roads, our bridges, our sewers, our waterways, our dams - this is what makes our country so special.

Valerie Jarrett

Work People Government Roads

Each generation has an obligation to pick up the baton. We want young people to feel a sense of responsibility to take that baton and run with it.

Valerie Jarrett

People Responsibility Feel Generation

One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.

Valerie Jarrett

Health Goals Down Insurance

We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible.

Valerie Jarrett

Best Health You Quality

It's never too early to start thinking about tuition.

Valerie Jarrett

Thinking Never Start Tuition

What do we do to just rebuild and focus on creating a big and inclusive tent, where we're focusing on making sure every child gets that fair shot, that every woman gets to compete on a level playing field, that we are true to the core values of our country, and we're making sure that we honor those values?

Valerie Jarrett

Woman Focus Child Honor

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As we try to compete in this global marketplace, we need to rebuild our infrastructure. We need to rebuild our schools. We need to make sure that teachers and first responders and veterans who are coming home from serving our country so proudly have jobs waiting for them.

Valerie Jarrett

Home Waiting Teachers Try

Employers who recognize the importance of investing in their workforce have a more productive workforce, a more efficient workforce, a more loyal workforce, less turnover, and, in the private sector, more profitable.

Valerie Jarrett

More Who Loyal Importance

We do have to ask ourselves as a culture, what do we want to be? You know, what are our founding values? And if we are a society where everybody should have that fair shot and get a second chance, then we should take the necessary steps to implement that and make it a reality.

Valerie Jarrett

You Culture Society Reality

Equal pay, paid leave, paid sick days, workplace flexibility, and affordable childcare - everywhere I go around the United States, as I talk to working families, these are the issues they raise... We have over 43 million Americans who don't have a single day of sick leave, but everybody gets sick. Everybody's children get sick.

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Day Children Sick Single

When you are in local government, you are on the ground, and you are looking into the eyes and hearts of the people you are there to serve. It teaches you to listen; it teaches you to be expansive in the people with whom you talk to, and I think that that engagement gives you political judgment.

Valerie Jarrett

Eyes You People Government

The American people want change. They don't want the same old health care system that's not affordable, that doesn't offer coverage to everybody, that keeps escalating in cost. And what we've seen from the Republicans is, really, a desire to have the status quo.

Valerie Jarrett

Change Health People Care

What makes a lot of sense is that, while people are incarcerated, give them the tools they need to be able to have a productive, lucrative living when they leave so they can provide for their families and break that cycle of recidivism.

Valerie Jarrett

People Tools Living Need

Many of our advances in science and technology were seeded through government.

Valerie Jarrett

Technology Science Government Through

Let's figure out ways of keeping our children out of the juvenile justice system and in the classroom so that they'll thrive. Because if you're in the juvenile justice system, the chances of your going into the adult penal system are greatly increased.

Valerie Jarrett

Justice You Children Classroom

I want everyone to feel empowered. Everyone can do something.

Valerie Jarrett

Feel Want Something Everyone

Life is full of trade-offs. At different phrases in your life, you're able to do certain things that you can't do at other phases. And you make choices.

Valerie Jarrett

Life You Choices Your

What are we going to do to make sure people get the skills they need if they are incarcerated so that when they are released to hit the ground running? And what are we all going to do to give people who've earned a second chance, a second chance?

Valerie Jarrett

People Chance Second Chance Need

Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.

Valerie Jarrett

Day Power Challenges Face

The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.

Valerie Jarrett

Education Health Money Care

A new era of responsibility is here.

Valerie Jarrett

Responsibility New Here New Era

No one will be forced to take the public option. The word option means choice.

Valerie Jarrett

Choice Will Forced Take

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