Mark Shields Quotes
The advantage that hospitals have over other institutions is that hospitals are community-based. You can't outsource your work; you can't move your emergency department to Pakistan.
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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We kind of like the new Outkast.
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My advice to anyone would be to focus on your current job and be the best at it. The rest will take care of itself.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove where someone is cooking something, and just watch them do it. That's my idea of fun.
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Many men start being friendly with women because they are trying to seduce them. I'm not trying to seduce them. I just like hanging out with them.
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A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine.
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I used to think that the causes of war were predominantly economic. I came to think that they were more psychological. I am now coming to think that they are decisively "personal," arising from the defects and ambitions of those who have the power to influence the currents of nations.
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When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present.
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I figured he'd be like a genius, because he is. He’s very, very subtle and nuanced. It’s very much in the eyes. That’s how it is in real life. He’s such a great actor. I was just amazed that I got the chance to work with him.
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By the time I discovered Chicano painters in the mid-'80s, I recognized that these guys were really world-class painters, but they weren't getting any attention, which was good in one sense in that I could get their work for cheaper!
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The advantage that hospitals have over other institutions is that hospitals are community-based. You can't outsource your work; you can't move your emergency department to Pakistan.
