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Mazie Hirono
American
Politician
Born:
Nov 3
,
1947
Care
Country
Life
Me
People
Work
I never took a path that was the usual path for someone in my generation. A lot of the women who I went to school with, in those days, it was still the track of becoming a teacher, becoming a nurse. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but I didn't go down that path.
Mazie Hirono
Teacher
Generation
Women
School
Path
Nothing
Down
Nurse
Took
Those
My Generation
Someone
Never
Wrong
Days
Track
Course
Becoming
Still
Go
Lot
Who
Usual
Hawaii - the Aloha state - is built on the strength of its multicultural society, from our indigenous Native Hawaiian people to the many immigrants that followed.
Mazie Hirono
Strength
People
Society
State
Our
Immigrants
Followed
Indigenous
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Built
Native
Multicultural
Many
Gee, I wish that life were so black and white that you can't think of a single person who, you know, a good person who has done bad things.
Mazie Hirono
Life
Good
You
Black
Black And White
Good Person
Bad Things
Wish
Single
White
Think
Bad
I Wish
Gee
Know
Single Person
Were
Person
Done
Who
Things
We should all be treating each other like human beings.
Mazie Hirono
Other
Like
Human
Human Beings
Should
Beings
Each
Treating
I was born at home in rural Japan.
Mazie Hirono
Home
I Was Born
Rural
Born
Japan
We don't need another nuclear arms race to proceed a pace and then to encourage other countries to become very, to develop these kinds of capabilities also. This is not what we need.
Mazie Hirono
Become
Other
Other Countries
Kinds
Develop
Countries
Also
Arms
Arms Race
Another
Encourage
Very
Pace
Proceed
Race
Capabilities
Then
Nuclear
Nuclear Arms
Need
In our country, racism is never far below the surface.
Mazie Hirono
Racism
Country
Our
Never
Surface
Far
Below
It's worth remembering that immigrants come to this country to work, they don't come to get handouts.
Mazie Hirono
Work
Worth
Country
Immigrants
Remembering
Come
Get
Good people do bad things.
Mazie Hirono
Good
People
Good People
Bad Things
Bad
Things
Sen. Akaka's care, empathy and compassion were evident to everyone who knew him.
Mazie Hirono
Compassion
Care
Everyone
Evident
Knew
Empathy
Him
Were
Who
It is amazing how our natural areas can change over our lifetimes.
Mazie Hirono
Change
Natural
Amazing
Our
Area
Lifetimes
Over
How
My husband is half Korean.
Mazie Hirono
Husband
Half
Korean
Women are problem solvers, and often we don't get much credit for that because the typical image of a leader is someone who's loud, obnoxious, chest-pounding. That's not my vision of what true leadership is; true leaders are the ones who work with great commitment to get something done.
Mazie Hirono
Work
Leadership
Great
Women
Commitment
Problem
Vision
Leader
Typical
Someone
Something
Obnoxious
Leaders
True
Because
Women Are
Loud
Get
Done
Often
Much
Who
Credit
Image
At a pretty young age, I wanted to do something with my life that would help people. I've been that way for quite a while.
Mazie Hirono
Life
Age
People
My Life
Young
Way
Would
Pretty
Something
Been
Quite
Quite A While
Young Age
Wanted
While
Help
Help People
America must not abdicate its global leadership role in the climate crisis to countries like China.
Mazie Hirono
Leadership
Crisis
Must
Abdicate
Leadership Role
Countries
Like
Global
Climate
Role
America
China
I was almost 8 when my mother bravely brought her children to this country so we could have a chance at a better life.
Mazie Hirono
Life
Better
Mother
Country
Brought
Better Life
Could
Almost
Bravely
Children
Her
Chance
Browbeating the tech industry for a problem that does not exist also draws attention away from the real problems with Google and other tech companies.
Mazie Hirono
Problem
Problems
Google
Other
Draws
Attention
Also
Industry
Does
Real
Exist
Real Problems
Companies
Tech
Tech Companies
Away
I wanted to be a counselor or social worker. That's one of the reasons I was a psychology major.
Mazie Hirono
Counselor
Major
Wanted
Psychology
Social
Worker
Reasons
Like my fellow citizens in Hawaii, I am a proud American.
Mazie Hirono
I Am
Citizens
Hawaii
Like
Fellow
Fellow Citizens
Proud
Am
American
One of my favorite Japanese foods is called natto. It's fermented soybeans. I grew up in Japan eating natto. It's definitely an acquired taste. It's basically smelly.
Mazie Hirono
Definitely
Favorite
Eating
Foods
Smelly
Up
Taste
Grew
Japan
Japanese
Acquired
Acquired Taste
Basically
I always saw my mother just making decisions that helped our family. It was much later when I realized how courageous she really was, and I came to understand what a risk-taker she was. That's very much a part of how I am.
Mazie Hirono
Family
I Am
Mother
Our
Later
Saw
I Came
Part
She
Courageous
Understand
Always
How
Making
Am
Making Decisions
Came
Very
Just
Decisions
Realized
Much
Really
Helped
Protecting Medicare and Social Security, health care, workers' rights, and a woman's right to choose remain top priorities for me.
Mazie Hirono
Health
Me
Rights
Woman
Care
Top
Security
Remain
Protecting
Health Care
Priorities
Social
Workers
Choose
Social Security
Right
Medicare
I lost a sister to pneumonia, when she was 2 years old. She died at home, not in a hospital, where maybe her life could have been saved.
Mazie Hirono
Life
Home
Old
Lost
Sister
Saved
Could
Hospital
Pneumonia
She
Been
Years
Died
Maybe
Where
Her
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