Ellen Tauscher Quotes
Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability.
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My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
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I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
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Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid.
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Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.
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I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
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It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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I'm a girl from Queens. I've never gone, 'What am I doing today? Oh, I'm gonna grab a gun and learn how to use it.'
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I will never censor myself to please anyone.
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In the country of pain we are each alone.
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Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.
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I can't believe that OMON [Russia's riot police] would hit a girl. I simply can't imagine it.
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Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better right than men to thy charity. For their race brings not harm upon thee in any wise, when thou fearest it from thine own race.
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Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability.
