Mitch Daniels Quotes
We are taking challenges and turning them into opportunities by developing homegrown, local energy production to become independent from foreign sources.
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Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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I had a mind inquiring enough to question world events, as well as the passion fostered by my background to care, but I lacked the emotional maturity to process these things. That made me ripe for Islamist recruitment. Into this ferment came my recruiter, himself straight out of a London medical college.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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America needs to rethink how we distribute our foreign aid around the world.
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The only study that the federal government has engaged in with a vengeance is in trying to see if they can make women fertile after menopause.
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I've been working on 'The New York Times' crossword puzzle on the subway. I can make it until about Wednesday.
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I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.
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That's the ideal. Not to get stuck in a rut playing the same role.
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I'm comfortable with my body and it was a creative choice. I know that might make some women feel uncomfortable, but we need to stick together instead of getting angry at each other for our choices. I think women are sensual, beautiful beings, and I feel empowered when I express myself sexually.
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The great thing about having a bunch of kids is that they just remind you that you're the person who takes them to go poop. That's who you are!
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There is a reason why George Washington is always one of the top three presidents, and it's not because of his prowess as a military leader; it's not because of the incredible innovations in policy that he introduced. It's because he knew when it was time to go.
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A girl's father is the first man in her life, and probably the most influential.
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. . . word-sniffing . . . is an addiction, like glue -- or snow -- sniffing in a somewhat less destructive way, physically if not economically. . . . As an addict, I am almost guiltily interested in converts to my own illness . . .
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It is ridiculous ever to forget that you and your business are each implanted in the society of the moment. We cannot ignore the world of our time. We had better understand it.
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I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.
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There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.
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One of the challenges over the last decade is America has done experiments in nation building in places like Iraq and Afghanistan and we've neglected, for example, developing our own economy, our own energy sectors, our own education system. And it's very hard for us to project leadership around the world when we're not doing what we need to do.
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It's a tremendous challenge now: to make sure the green economy is big enough that there is enough labor demand that people who've been thrown out of work can be re-employed AND people who are new to the workforce can be employed. And that is going to be very difficult.
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What would happen if people practiced openness and honesty? If people talked about their real challenges without shame or fear of rejection? My guess is that people would feel less alone and isolated. People would be willing to share more, and as a result, society would feel more connected to each other and their experiences.
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We are taking challenges and turning them into opportunities by developing homegrown, local energy production to become independent from foreign sources.
