Tom Vilsack Quotes
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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The truth is I love musical theater and always have.
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It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
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I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
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I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take.
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It's the way tenure works, together with dismissal protections that tenured teachers have, that no other public employee has, which makes it almost impossible to remove a grossly ineffective and incompetent teacher or, in some cases, even an abusive teacher.
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My Emmy is in my china closet. People don't really look at it, though.
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If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.
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A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
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Anything that we can destroy, but are unable to make is, in a sense, sacred, and all our 'explanations' of it do not explain anything.
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'Democracy is premised, in some measure, on majority rule, and democracy is difficult in a situation of concentrated inequalities in which a large, impoverished majority confronts a small, wealthy oligarchy.'
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When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests, to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
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I want to work on some more complicated baking... and it would be interactive!
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Local and regional food systems are about opportunity.
