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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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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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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I feel like a lot of people disregard the scrutiny that people like us are under.
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One man's trash is another man's treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another.
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Most men of business think 'Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still.'
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You can't exactly do it from your hotel room. It's the weather; you've got to get out in it. You're telling people that there are 70 mile-per-hour winds. So it's like, 'Let's prove it.'
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They lack the ultimate audacity.” Caldwell nodded, frowning. “They possess a certain inventiveness, they plan superbly, they execute with ferocity and care. But then there comes that moment.” He glanced at his son-in-law with a quick, fond smile. “That terribly lonely moment when you must make a further decision—a huge one. One that has nothing to do with everything you’ve anticipated. With the whole future in doubt, with hopelessly inadequate information and exhausted from the strain of the battles already fought, you have to summon up all your energies and decide, quickly and clearly; and act.” He took his pipe from his mouth. “That’s where they break down.
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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.
