"The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about work."

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Source : Mike Rowe's Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, www.discovery.com. May 11, 2011.

Mike Rowe

#Country Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Skills Quotes

“Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder.”
“I laugh at it now, but one time I had an agent tell me I would never work in TV if I didn't get a nose job. People tell you to change yourself to fit into the L.A. scene, but the advice usually doesn't make any sense. The next agent told me my nose was great!”
“I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.”

Source : "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. April 23, 2012.
“Bisexuality is the proportional representation of sexuality in a world where most of us - straight or gay - operate a first-past-the-post system.”
“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.”
“Learn all there is to learn, and then choose your own path.”
“If it wasn't for my drama teacher, I wouldn't be here right now.”
“My music is kind of laid back, it doesn't have super crispy, shiny production, and I'm not singing my heart out or whatever. But that whole idea of blogs declaring: "this is the new denomination for this sound" is ridiculous to me.”

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