Tom Vilsack Quotes

I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America constantly being criticized, without any expression of appreciation for what they do do.

Tom Vilsack

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AppreciationPeopleAmericaWishYou

There's a lot of people that think I'm a terrible basketball player, so it's just gonna piss me off. And if it's people who think I'm good, I'll be happy. I'm just not gonna read it at all and stay content in my own mind.

Jimmy Butler

GoodHappyPeopleMindMeBe Happy

In my four years as a state legislator, I went to dozens of nontraditional events - everything from bird watchings to tree giveaways, neighborhood cleanups to self-defense clinics for women - going where people are instead of asking them to come to me. It's how I learned about their struggles and how legislative decisions affected their lives.

Jimmy Gomez

WomenBirdTreePeopleMeDecisions

I'm gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked.

Jimi Hendrix

YouBornWillNakedCurseKids

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.

Johan Huizinga

AttitudeCultureEmotionsSoberDoes

I never feel like I have anything. People can tell me a thousand times, 'You're the guy, you're the guy,' and I'm just like, 'We'll see when I'm on the set.'

Andy Daly

PeopleMeFeelYouNeverSee

If you make converting a lead into a sale harder than a trip to the local DMV, then you lose sales to someone else - with an inferior product - who can make it painless. Don't do that!

Michael Gerber

SomeoneYouLoseProductSalesLead

I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience's position.

Stephen Frears

MyselfTryNeverDifferent Cultures

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.

Simeon Strunsky

TimePeopleDemocracyLibraryWant

I could stand in the street and sing and get enough to pay the bills. I don't need millions of dollars.

Sinead O'Connor

StandEnoughStreetNeedPayBills

In the time it takes American literary titan William H. Gass to write a novel, other artists have been born, completed their life's work and died. That may be an exaggeration, but only a slight one.

Tony D'Souza

LifeWorkTimeAmericanBornWrite

I believe that the therapist's function should be to help people become free to be aware of and to experience their possibilities.

Rollo May

ExperiencePeopleFreeBelieveHelp

I feel like I'm attracted to characters who have one foot firmly planted on the ground. And their heads up in the clouds somewhere. Practical dreamers. They try to impress you that they've got this whole thing figured out, but there's more going on inside their heads than you might imagine.

Mary Steenburgen

CloudsFeelYouTryMoreImpress

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