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" We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It's not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers. "

Donna Shalala

Pressure

Support

Teacher

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" I try to deal with my serious reading before work. "

" The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too. "

" 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. "

" Sex education has to do with what's in people's head. "

" 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

Growing Up

Work

" 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. "

" I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together. "

" 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 some constituencies that I'm used to working with. "

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

" 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 that they can help them with their homework and don't have to work two jobs. "

" I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule. "

Donna Shalala

Schedule

Always

" In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children. "

Donna Shalala

Caring

Fairy

" But I have a driver, so I can return calls while I'm in the car. "

" 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. "

" I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems. "

" 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. "

" We are living longer, and we need to live better. "

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

Donna Shalala

Life

People

" By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue. "

Donna Shalala

Down

Calm

" I get to work at about 7:30 or 8 unless I have a breakfast meeting. "

" 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 alternatives, fun things to do that don't necessarily have alcohol at the center. "

" 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 had to get home and help her daughter with her homework. The two waiters, their faces changed. They were working their second jobs, they couldn't get home to help their kids with homework. "

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

" We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use. "

" 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. "

" You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education. "

" 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. "