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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The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.
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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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Anti-Semitism is really a hatred of capitalism.
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I didn't consciously make the decision to write an adult novel. I didn't think of it as my riposte to the YA genre.
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I think the things that I enjoy most about directing theater, or works that are really visceral in terms of comedy and have a sort of rock and roll aesthetic.
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We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation.
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Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought?
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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.
