Joe Donnelly Quotes
I hear from everybody, and they say 'Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense.' We're not hired to fight.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.
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Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
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Do you honestly think that if Senator Santorum becomes president, we're going to get rid of contraceptives?
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Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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Ford made some of the most progressive pictures.
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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
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It is my passion to direct movies.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.
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Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
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Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases.
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Just because you're married doesn't mean that you have to spend 24/7 together and can't have separate interests and hobbies. In a healthy relationship, you both understand - and respect - that you need time apart doing what you want to do.
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Bright clasp of her whole hand around my finger My daughter as we walk together now. All my life I'll feel a ring invisibly Circle this bone with shining When she is grown.
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My transactions are above board: I do not have money deposited in other accounts and have transparently declared all assets. My real wealth is, however, my experience as cofounder of Infosys and as Aadhar Chairman, which gave away 60,000 crore identity cards to people of India as promised.
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I learned that the majority of the time, simplicity is the best way to go about things as you peel away the layers... that's when you start finding the gold... I can't say that was from my own acting. That was from observing actors like John Spencer and Martin Sheen... I had a chance just to observe.
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I hear from everybody, and they say 'Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense.' We're not hired to fight.
