Tom Vilsack Quotes
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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'Iggy' was my dog - he was named after Iggy Pop - and 'Azalea' is the street where I grew up; together, they have the right amount of syllables to make the perfect name.
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My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.
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I don't know where my fashion sense comes from, exactly. I've always been interested in, not necessarily being unique, but not necessarily sticking to the preexisting paradigm - whether it be clothes or music or whatever.
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I never do anything to my hair. I just wash it. It tends to get dry, so I just try to put good, natural oils in it. I do a deep conditioning mask, which is quite good.
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It is true that women in Paris never put on make-up. It shocked me when I first got there – then I realised how much I liked it.
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One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.
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It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
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Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.
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Glasgow is certainly a place where they will tell you if they don't think you are anything special.
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Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed to these positions.
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In modern life, we tend to forget family values because of the hectic schedule.
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Honestly, I'm willing to experiment with far more variety in roles than I'm given. But ultimately, it's the producer's decision. But, I've done a variety of roles - the evil don, the evil husband... I've done villainous roles, supporting roles, etc.
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A tight structural form opens possibilities. Take a pattern, an established model or sub-genre, and write to it. In writing, limitation gives freedom
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I have not forgotten that you can see the world through pieces of coloured glass.
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Nobody is so miserable as he who longs to be somebody other than the person he is.
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Don't strive for somebody else's notion of perfection. It's an unattainable and ultimately ridiculous goal. Strive instead to be uniquely yourself and when in doubt listen to your gut, because it already knows what you want to become.
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All I try to do in the press is to be honest about something that I really care about.
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Americans ... want leaders who share their values, understand their needs, and respect their intelligence.
