A Quote by Fawn M. Brodie
A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
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I have been fortunate to work in places where people have a passion for their work. At HHS the passion sort of exceeds passion - it's a vocation.... I obviously knew that there were certainly some challenges that I would be taking on both with the work and the politics. [But] I probably did not have the right expectation level with regard to the number and volume of crises that would occur.
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