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Donna Shalala

"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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"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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Donna Grant

"A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right."

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Donna Grant

"The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure."

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Donna Grant

"We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about doing, but no one has seen a proposal."

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Donna Grant

"I'm a huge Obama fan. I think it's such an unbelievably great thing to have a President who's competent and not insane."

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Donna Grant

"One of your tasks is to separate the "personal" from the "substantive." The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong."

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Donna Grant

"At least she's the president of something, which is more than I can say."

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Donna Grant

"The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President."

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Donna Grant

"I had to perform at the White House for the president, That's always kind of a weird set to try to put together."

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Donna Grant

"As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine."

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Donna Grant

"He has to do the heavy lifting and the windows and the wash, and also protect the president."

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Donna Shalala
"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."

People

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Donna Shalala
"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 of your life."

Government

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Donna Shalala
"I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it."

Thought

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Donna Shalala
"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."

Beginning

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

Life

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Donna Shalala
"You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign."

Energy

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Donna Shalala
"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."

Work

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Donna Shalala
"Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out."

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Donna Shalala
"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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Donna Shalala
"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 small health problem turns serious."

Health

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