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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Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
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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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I think a few pictures at a time.
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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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The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.
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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment's hesitation to crush beauty and life.
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I really believe I'm no different from anyone else. I just had a few challenges I had to learn from at a very early age.
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Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need something deeper-human affection.
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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.
