"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."

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Source : "Vilsack: 'I took it as a slam on rural America'". Interview with Ezra Klein, www.washingtonpost.com. March 8, 2011.

Tom Vilsack

#Appreciation Quotes #Expression Quotes #Years Quotes

“I used to be much heavier when I first started out acting and did a lot of crash dieting and a lot of crash exercise - a ton for a month before you burned out. Then I made a decision in my twenties to only do things that I can do for life, so everything's kind of in moderation for me.”
“True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.”

Source : Sakyong Miphan Rinpoche (2004). “Turning the Mind Into an Ally”, p.15, Penguin
“I've never played a character that would sing.”
“It's just one day at a time. I love multi-tasking and I'm really organized and when you have a certain work ethic, which all the girls have, we all have that same thing going on.”
“Rather than, as an actor, I want the audience to like me, I'm going to smile beautifully and I've got everybody's sympathy - what about showing the moments when somebody is unbelievably petty? Or really selfish? The faults, the little things, those are the things that interested me about playing the character.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“More things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest.”
“If the Wright brother were alive today Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs.”
“The main theme of the Bible is the restoration of humanity and, through humanity, of the whole of creation to its original harmony.”

Source : Bede Griffiths (1990). “A New Vision of Reality: Western Science, Eastern Mysticism and Christian Faith”, Templegate Pub

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