Donna Shalala Quotes
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I traveled so much to dance that I feel a part of many places, but New York is where I spent most of my life and where my career has been - it's the place where I exist.
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Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.
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The show I'm obsessed with watching is 'Say Yes to the Dress!' Because I love the whole makeover idea, and I'm a sap for love, of course.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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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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I don't want to do the nerdy, goofy guy again. That was really fitting for the 'Napoleon' world, but that's kind of where I want it to stay.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
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If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is.
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I get to work at about 7:30 or 8 unless I have a breakfast meeting.
