Mary Burke famous quotes
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I don't think you have to make this choice about being on one side or the other side. My feeling is that when we are committed to growing the economy and making sure that our public employees have a place at the table through collective bargaining, everyone wins.
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I've been an advocate for public education for a long time. It's the way people are able to improve their lives.
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As governor I would have made sure that I bargained fairly but firmly, been able to get the changes that were needed to balance the budget, but done that through collective bargaining and making sure that our public employees had a voice at the table.
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No organization is going to be successful unless it places a high value on its employees and engages them in the work that it's doing.
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I just love Wisconsin. I'm a fourth-generation Wisconsinite,and my great grandparents were farmers. My grandfather delivered the mail. My mom was the first in her family to go to college. My dad started this business that becomes an international success. And I just believe very strongly in Wisconsin and who we are and the potential that this state has. And I'm really concerned about the direction that we're headed.
-- Mary Burke
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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.
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Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.
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Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.
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I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.
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Our choices determine our destiny
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You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best things.
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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Music is a current of hard choices made to seem easy by the mind.
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Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?
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