Tammy Duckworth Quotes
In the military, a combatant command is the ultimate job. It's the pointy tip of the spear, overseeing the people carrying the rifles and flying the aircraft.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
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The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.
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The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
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I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.
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I viewed black musicals before 'Jelly' as a form of cultural strip mining. The exterior remained, but all the culture that signified where the people had come from and their connection to the earth was absent.
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Years ago, in order to stay sane, I had to really make an effort not to think about how people view us. There's just so much noise, positive and negative, and not much good comes out of thinking about it.
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My mother had a gorgeous singing voice, and she'd play these amazing vinyls. My favorite was 'But Not for Me,' on the 1954 album 'Chet Baker Sings.'
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In the military, a combatant command is the ultimate job. It's the pointy tip of the spear, overseeing the people carrying the rifles and flying the aircraft.
