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I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.
Donna Shalala

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I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.
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We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.
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I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s and in their 20s. People who are fully capable of talking back to me.
Donna Shalala

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But I have a driver, so I can return calls while I'm in the car.
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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 my own budget that took us at least a year to catch up on.
Donna Shalala

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I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.
Donna Shalala

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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 shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.
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You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.
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We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.
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The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services.
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