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Colorado does not shut down. Colorado does not quit. Colorado does not break.

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When there's work to be done in Colorado, for Colorado, we should look to skilled Coloradans first.

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The world has become rapidly more competitive.

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We did not do a good enough job of taking care of the people who were losing their careers and retraining them into the new economy.

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When your economy is not growing that fast, everybody's got to bite the bullet.

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In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take.

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I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here. They were coming in and working very hard and many of them had left jobs in which they made significantly more money.

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There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the devastation that happened there - have we gotten to 3,000 deaths yet? For that magnitude of a disaster, that's not all that bad.

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When people think of the West, it's easy to envision wagon trains, Buffalo Bill, the glory days of the Gold Rush. Cowboy hats come to mind.

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Government requires bringing people together and genuinely hearing their issues. It requires the establishment and strengthening of community.

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Now, I've never hosted a reality TV show, but I know the true mark of a successful businessman is not the number of times you say, 'You're fired.' It's the number times you say, 'You're hired.'

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Colorado has always been a good place to find what you're made of.

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America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.

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Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we get in our car? Yeah. Are we materially less safe now than we were 10 years ago? Whatever delta there is, it's very small.

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In terms of all kinds of things, in terms of educational reform, in terms of health care, transportation, Colorado has a chance to be a national model.

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Giving all of Denver's kids an equal chance at success is the best investment we can make in our community's kids and future.

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I could easily say that, for quite a long time before I became mayor, I had obeyed all laws.

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Universal background checks work. You keep the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. That shouldn't be partisan - that should be something we can all agree to, but it became this huge battle and, you know, really, really a challenge.

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In the end, I did end up repeating seventh grade.

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We have this tradition of the Second Amendment and people's rights to self-defense and a certain suspicion that the government can't be trusted.

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Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community's benefit without regard to one's own narrow self-interest.

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If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.

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Fracking is an industrial process, but it can be done safely. It's government's job to make sure it can be done safely.

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Wellington Webb was one of the most significant mayors of the latter half of the 20th century. His natural political instincts are almost unrivaled.

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What I want most is for my son to be proud of me.

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No matter how the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, states are making progress in developing strategies to provide more access to quality health care coverage.

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I was an entrepreneur myself and often say that I'm on loan to public service.

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The one thing that I don't think the Obama administration gets anywhere near enough credit for is the high level of administrators. They meet all the time so they can synergize the federal investments. That's the way any corporation would do it.

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I started out here in Colorado as a geologist. During a downturn, everyone in our company got laid off.

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Colorado is known for many great things.

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Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny.

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