Tom Harkin Quotes
As we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact in our economy or for America's working families. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family - and raising the minimum wage will provide that opportunity.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I do have the personnel that we use in the back of my head when I'm working, but I also don't want to limit myself.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
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I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.
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I think long-term, Bitcoin is a currency of the Internet. So, even if humans don't use it, routers will use it. Web browsers will use it. Web servers will use it.
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Yes, I help my kids with their homework. But I also get bored doing it. I will sit and listen to my children pontificate and discuss their ideas till the day is long because it warms my heart, but I really don't want to do math!
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Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
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The transaction cost approach maintains that some projects are easy to finance by debt and ought to be financed by debt. These are projects for which physical-asset specificity is low to moderate.
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Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
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Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.
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I don't think I'm intense.
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As a doctor who took care of patients for 25 years, I saw the problems with America's health care system every day.
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I am not a person who pursues luxury. I am not like those people who, once they have money, compulsively squander it or show it off.
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Changing laws and changing the political dialogue, while necessary, is insufficient to ensure that bullying stops; to ensure that every young person is supported by their parents and their teachers as they question who they are and they discover who they are regardless of the sexuality.
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As we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact in our economy or for America's working families. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family - and raising the minimum wage will provide that opportunity.
