Tammy Duckworth Quotes
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
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I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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I like music a lot.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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I'm particularly fond of boned chicken breasts with a little garlic under the flesh and cooked in a casserole for 40 minutes with a jar of olives, some cherry tomatoes and a spoonful of olive oil.
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When I do a workshop, there is always at least one author who comes up afterward and asks if I'll take a look at his or her book and consider blurbing it. For some reason, I can turn someone down in e-mail, but when he or she is looking me in the eye, I cave.
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I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.
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I'm married, I have three children, I never hit my wife.
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You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it.
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The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
