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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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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Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.
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If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
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I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I can.
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It is not fair to those who fight corruption that they have to fight the aggressiveness, the impunity of the corrupt.
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Maybe one of the reasons that I don't ever experience myself as having writer's block is I don't feel that I need to be producing every minute of every day.
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The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
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It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown.
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Arrested Development was such an amazing experience in every way, and you know it was very unique in that it was a show that received a lot of critical acclaim, and yet we didn't ever achieve the ratings that we wanted.
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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.
