Tom Vilsack Quotes
During a national crisis, we as a nation become a single community and no one should take advantage of a crisis.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
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Indonesia is hardly immune to catastrophic breakdowns, as the anti-Communist pogrom showed. But, like India, it has been relatively fortunate in evolving a mode of politics that can include many discontinuities - of class, region, ethnicity, and religion.
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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Yeah, right. I mean, he criticises everybody in the media, then the first thing he does when he finishes is he goes to work for the media. Thompson, too. Hypocritical.
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Others like City Hall the old way, when they could make deals behind closed doors with your tax money.
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Before the Greeks were the Tamils. The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations that's still surviving.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.
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A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't.
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From now on, the technology companies that succeed will be those that have developed skills at listening and a sophisticated understanding of their customers' industries.
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Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.
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We eat pretty healthy foods, and I've taught my kids since they were little about knocking out trans fats.
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People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time.
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I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.
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I really did have this powerful sense, when I was in New Orleans after the storm, of watching all these profiteers descend on Baton Rouge to lobby to get rid of the housing projects and privatise the school system - I thought I was in some science-fiction experiment.
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I state in no uncertain terms: An order to uproot an Arab village or a Jewish settlement violates the most basic of human rights... It's a difficult dilemma.
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People who are overweight don't want unsolicited advice. Guess what. We know we're fat. We live in homes with mirrors.
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We are in an era where censorship is creeping back in through the Patriot Act and where people are.. being intimidated not to speak about what we should be speaking about.
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Nothing predicts future behavior as much as past impunity.
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I urge the senior members of the political system to form as broad a government as possible that would unite the moderate forces from the Left and Right so that we will be able to bring about real change in the State of Israel.
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During a national crisis, we as a nation become a single community and no one should take advantage of a crisis.
