Tom Vilsack Quotes
I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture.

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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
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What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude.
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This medal goes to show that you don't always have to have the best facilities, the best organisation, the best of everything to achieve.
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You don't only worry about the people who hate or resent you; in a way, you're more worried about the people who love you.
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The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
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I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star.
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Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake.
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One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.
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The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.
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Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.
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There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.
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I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.
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You’d be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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Sometimes I can't believe I'm going to be 60. I always say there's no point moaning about getting older, when there's nothing you can do about it. But still, I do find it quite funny. I look at that number, 60, and I think, really? Me?
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I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents who loved all kinds of music.
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Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine.
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When you're famous, no one looks at you as a human anymore. You become the property of the public.
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I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture.