Carol Plum-Ucci Quotes
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
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In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.
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I like to be supportive and a role model.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
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I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery.
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While the move to central clearing has made the system safer, we need to make sure that the central counterparties have the resources and risk-management practices to withstand plausible but severe shocks.
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As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.
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Mr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We have killed or captured dozens of members of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Our military and intelligence forces are working both hard and smart.
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Football ruled my life for years, morning, noon and night.
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When I was a teenager, I worked on a show that was about a family.
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To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.
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At home, I like my kids to drink out of stainless steel tumblers. They are non-breakable and non-toxic.
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The so-called oligarchs have always had less influence than conventional wisdom attributed to them.
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I always do my firing in the morning because that's when I'm fresh.
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I am basically the sort of person who has stage-fright teaching. I kind of creep into a classroom. I'm not an anecdote-teller, either, although I often wish I were.
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Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.
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If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.
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In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.
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I was not alone when I was in Goofy hell.
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People will do and think whatever it is they have to in order to survive.
