That's been hard being away from the family, because Washington can be lonely. When you tune out of all the activity, that's like, you're alone.
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It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
If you can sell yourself as someone who knows how Washington works, someone who has these relationships, that's a very marketable commodity. If you're seen as someone who knows how this town works, someone who is a usual suspect in this town, you can dine out for years - that's why no one leaves.
I know what I am in Washington to do: I'm here to fight for hardworking families.
Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.
They tell you in Washington that if you want a friend, get a dog. That is not true. Get a family. This is a hard place to be.
The average person - if you had a situation that hit your family and you needed to do something, you would not just go and take a vacation, or you would not do something that's not related to the task at hand. But in Washington, that just seems to be par for the course.
Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.
What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.
The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.
I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington.