Jennifer Pahlka Quotes
If you are really interested in making government work, you should have the experience of working in government.
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No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times.
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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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Home is where one starts from.
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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I definitely want to be an inspiration or a role model for all the little girls out there or anyone out there that wants to break stereotypes. I feel like I'm breaking stereotypes with what I'm doing. I'm not the typical fighter, and there's a lot of people out there that won't do something just because they don't fit the stereotype.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.
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If my drug Ragaglitazar had been successful, we would have been getting royalties of thousands of crore rupees every year.
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After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers.
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I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.
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You play shows all over the country and hope that radio gets a chance to get out to see you, but that doesn't always happen like that.
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What's on the page dictates a lot of what I do. When the words are there, it's easy.
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Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting.
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If you are really interested in making government work, you should have the experience of working in government.
