Sylvia Mathews Burwell Quotes

In an age when stagecraft, gauzy themes, and sound-bites have too often been substituted for leadership, Bill Clinton as a candidate made it essential to campaigning to take the specifics of governance seriously. Practical solutions were 'in;' ideology was 'out.'

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 23, 1965

Topics

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We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.

Jim DeMint

SupportLongNowWillClearMust

There's no such thing as saying that we'll ever find the ultimate cause of stuff. We can only work to push our understanding one step further.

John C. Mather

WorkStepSayingPushUnderstanding

I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.

Mel Tillis

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While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan.

John Linder

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I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me.

Shirley MacLaine

MeKnowWhyAweWouldAnybody

I'm from Salford, and I don't have any immediate Irish connection.

Tom Glynn-Carney

ConnectionIrishAnyImmediate

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

Russell Banks

LovePeopleCareWantWriteBecause

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword.

Mary Harris Jones

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You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

Martin Short

YourselfEasyYouTryOutThings

I'm such an emotional and sensitive person, so it only makes sense that my songs are as well.

Aurora

PersonEmotionalWellSenseOnly

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

Arthur Scargill

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People say to me, 'Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange.'

Prince Andrew

LifePeopleMeYouSayStrange

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