We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work. — Donna Shalala Copy Share Image
It's coaches. It's people that are involved in kids' lives at every level, and it's supporting their parents. Their parents need better jobs. So… — Donna Shalala Copy Share
By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue. — Donna Shalala Copy Share
Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher… — Donna Shalala Copy Share
Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco.… — Donna Shalala Copy Share
I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can… — Donna Shalala Copy Share
I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things… — Donna Shalala Copy Share
But for me, it is when a student has died. I find the death of a young person the most difficult and painful of… — Donna Shalala Copy Share
The economic dimension is very clear. I was at a dinner party, a mother got up, who's a very distinguished scientist, and said she… — Donna Shalala Copy Share
I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans. — Donna Shalala Copy Share
I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s and in their 20s. People who are… — Donna Shalala Copy Share
