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Tom Harkin Quotes

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 19, 1939

Topics

Health Care America Wellness Crisis

We have our religious traditions coming from many thousands of years, and I think to myself, well, you know, if Moses had come down with tablets from the mountain that said, 'And guess what? There are protons and neutrons, and they are made out of quarks,' people wouldn't have understood what he said. So he didn't.

Myself Mountain People Think You

I grew up a skinny Asian kid who was often ignored or picked on. It stuck with me and branded my soul. As I grew up, I tried to stick up for whoever seemed excluded or marginalized.

Soul Me My Soul Kid Asian Skinny

Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.

You Creating Movies Up Little

I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment. Leading up to it, especially before the match, is when the butterflies are at their worst. But in the match, the creatures - my fans - fuel me. They're a huge superpower for me and my survival.

Fear Moment Me Forward Doing Look

There's all kinds of depictions of black men. You have the Denzel Washingtons and the Will Smiths; that's wonderful, but that doesn't represent everyone. There's a Russell Crowe... well, you know, there's a black Russell Crowe.

Michael Jai White

Men Black You Know Will Everyone

One of the risks for anybody in the lending business is that being conservative can harm your competitiveness.

Business Risks Conservative Being

I used to love Andre The Giant. I could sit around all day and listen to Andre stories. He was such a wonderful, unique guy who everyone loved being around. The thing about Andre, he just had this magical mystique about him.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Love Day Loved Unique Listen Him

I live in too many cities.

Shirley MacLaine

Live Many Too Cities

It's a truism that you can investigate anything forever.

You Anything Forever Investigate

I was lonely driving here tonight so I hugged the road.

Road Lonely Driving Here Tonight

I came across the Indonesian genocide in 2001, when I found myself making a film in a community of survivors. They were plantation workers, and it turned out they were struggling to organize a union.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Community Myself Out Workers Film

With my earlier books, I got quite bored being with one protagonist all the way through. With the Alex Morrow books, I wanted to do something a bit more holistic, so there were lots of different points of view, and I wanted to look at aspects of crime that you don't tend to look at.

View You Look Crime Way More

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