For somebody who's never run for office before, Donald Trump understands that old axiom, "Define yourself before you're defined." Kellyanne Conway More Quotes by Kellyanne Conway More Quotes From Kellyanne Conway I was raised to be a very strong and independent woman without anybody ever saying the word feminist or having any political conversation. Kellyanne Conway feminist independent strong I think people are looking for an alternative because in addition to there being sort of a myopic, lemming - like ants on a sugar cube mentality on this DNS attack story by many in the media, there's just this culture of sameness. Everybody sounds the same. Kellyanne Conway culture people thinking In America, we have energy literally off our shores and under our feet. Kellyanne Conway energy feet america Washington has never seen anything like President Donald Trump. Kellyanne Conway trump president Mitt Romney and John McCain and Donald Trump are very different candidates. This is the disruptive candidate who gets these huge crowds, is building momentum in last weeks of compaign. That was not true of the other two races. Kellyanne Conway week building different I don't think CNN is 'fake news.' I think there are some reports everywhere, in print, on TV, on radio, in conversation, that are not well-researched and are sometimes based on falsehoods. Kellyanne Conway cnn fake thinking I can say, particularly as a mother of four small children. I can talk about the coarsening of our culture. Kellyanne Conway mother culture children [Donald Trump] does have a thick skin, frankly, as someone who works very closely within, that was in that room today, directly beside him. I will say this though. That's not what the meeting was about. Kellyanne Conway skins doe today [President Donald Trump] is doing exactly what he promised to do.When you come in as an outsider and you own no one anything and you're going to disrupt a bureaucracy that is so entrenched that the - you've got to just get it out by root and branch, the tentacles are so deep and so clinging to power, to status, to money, to position, to each other, you're going to ruffle a lot of feathers. Kellyanne Conway ruffles president roots I can't imagine anybody disagrees with President Trump when he says, if we don't take care of our veterans, who are we really as a nation? Kellyanne Conway our-veterans care president What Donald Trump knows is that people across this country and indeed world are afraid of terrorism, and they have a reason to. Kellyanne Conway country people world On Facebook, Twitter, texting, e-mails, remember, it's a mode of communication, it is not communication. It's not real life. So step aside, make sure people see something other than the top of your head and live in real time, in the real world. Kellyanne Conway communication real people Donald Trump is man of action. Kellyanne Conway trump action men We can't allow ourselves to become inured to terrorist attacks to see it as the new normal. Kellyanne Conway new-normal terrorist normal You don't want to hear that there are over 60 million women in poverty on President [Barack] Obama's watch. And Hillary Clinton who has been fighting for women and children for 30 years. Where is the deliverable. Where is the product? Hillary Clinton has been fighting for herself for 30 years. Kellyanne Conway fighting children years How exactly did [Republicans] win? I'd like to know. Because I sacrificed the last four months of my life to do it, excuse me, and we did it. And we did it by looking at the schedule and looking at, yes, the electoral map of 270 because that's how you win the presidency. Kellyanne Conway maps schedules winning The fact is that Paul Ryan's job is what John Boehner's job was in 2012 when Mitt Romney was running. his job is to make sure the Republicans get re-elected. Kellyanne Conway running jobs facts I went home every night to New Jersey - or most nights - and to help with the six-grade math homework or to make breakfast in the morning, just to make sure that that was there. When I was single and didn't have children, I used to laugh at this notion of quality time. Kellyanne Conway home morning children Donald Trump wasn't vying for the popular vote. He was vying for the Electoral College, as was Hillary Clinton. The only difference is he got over 300 electoral votes, and she did not. Kellyanne Conway popular-vote differences college I don't think ultimately presidents are judged by crowd sizes at their inauguration. I think they're judged by their accomplishments. Kellyanne Conway accomplishment president thinking