Tom Vilsack Quotes
If we truly want an innovative and creative renewable fuel industry, then it needs to be challenged. And if we create a set of protections that allow it to not be as creative and innovative as possible, then we aren't doing a service to the industry or to the people of this country.
Quotes to Explore
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In my experience, I think there's must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.
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There are two ways to fight the United States military: asymmetrically and stupid. Asymmetrically means you're going to try to avoid our strengths. In the 1991 Gulf War, it's like we called Saddam's army out into the schoolyard and beat up that army.
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This place, if I could describe this place, no place around me, there’s no end to me, I don’t know what it is, it isn’t flesh, it doesn’t end, it’s like air…
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I gave up the love of learning for the love of oblivion-the two cannot live together.
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Hospitality knows no gender or race.
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Words fall short sometimes.
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I think for everything that people say about me as a person today - whether it's about being disciplined and grounded or whatever - I think a lot of it is a credit to my father, who has been a massive influence in my life both professionally and personally.
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The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.
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Working on 'X Men,' I got to do a lot of flying and fighting, which was good fun.
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When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.
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Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing.
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The director's job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details - like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I don't want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it.
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My only hesitation after 'Law & Order' was that I didn't want to be in a super dry procedural like that. I found that satisfying, but very tough because every episode was kind of the same. It just is with that show.
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Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads.
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No, I did a film called 'Death and the Compass' as well.
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People forget that a huge proportion of our jobs still depend on agricultural production in Australia so of course there are exports. That's easily overlooked.
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I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
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Little Haley Joel Osment in 'The Sixth Sense' can see dead people. Well, I can see racist people.
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If we truly want an innovative and creative renewable fuel industry, then it needs to be challenged. And if we create a set of protections that allow it to not be as creative and innovative as possible, then we aren't doing a service to the industry or to the people of this country.
