Donna Shalala Quotes

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• I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk.
• Our young people are out on the streets looking for parties, a place to dance, looking for a scene. No institutions are providing them with…
• Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest…
• I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a…
• I have long ties to the women's community.
• I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.
• We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who…
• We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.
• By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue.
• Sex education has to do with what's in people's head.
• I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring…
• You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.
• What you really remember at the beginning was that you have to throw a budget together. We made some terrible mistakes at the beginning in…
• 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…
• We are living longer, and we need to live better.
• The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services.
• Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He…
• In every community, whether large or small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times.
• I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.
• I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.

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