Donna Shalala Quotes
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I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.
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I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.
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After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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Music changes so fast, and we're in a singles market.
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When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.
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I like the idea of a TV show. You take time to get to know your characters. You can introduce a lot of characters. You don't need your three-action set pieces that you usually need for movies.
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On my first flight, I don't know if maybe it's a function of time, or if I was less stressed on my second flight, but just being able to tell what part of the planet we were flying over by the reflected light coming through the window - that was pretty special.
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I started hearing people say, 'There's a blog about your hair, and there are all of these Tumblr accounts.' I'm like, 'What's Tumblr?' I'm pretty mystified by it, because I look around, and a lot of people have great hair.
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The best mentors present their opinions simply as data and not as direction.
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Probably the best part about being an actor is that you get to be a traveling wanderer.
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I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.
