Donna Shalala Quotes
I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
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I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way of rallying people together and saying, 'Guys, isn't the world bonkers? Aren't we all just trying our best?' There's a tenderness in everything he does.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.
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The development of physics, like the development of any science, is a continuous one.
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Free Tibet before free trade.
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I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.
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It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
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I never understood the idea of canceling a show when you don't like the politics of a specific state.
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There are conditions worse than being unable to see, and that is imagining one sees.
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Music has the capacity to create a greater reality.
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In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
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In the beginning I pushed toward perfection, but it takes time to get to certain places.
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You can be barefoot and have worries.
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Fleetwood Mac has been pretty truthful. Open about what we do. We've always done it from the inside out. Versus being pressured from the outside and changing the inside. And that's our story.
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I wanted to give five solid years of being there all the time with Sean. I hadn't seen my first son Julian grow up, and now there's a 17-year-old man on the phone talking about motorbikes. No matter what artistic gains I get, or gold records, if I can't make a success out of my relationship with the people I love, then everything else is bullsh*t.
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A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
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We can't stop anybody from doing what they want to do.
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Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.
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And I think the blessing of heaven is on Bush. It's just the way it is.
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I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.
