Task Quotes
[Like her friends Faith Hill and Martina McBride, Sara says she never sleeps. No time for pedicures and manicures, either.] Women are multi-taskers... Craig can only do one thing at a time. If he tends to the kids, that's all he does ... whereas I hold the baby in my lap and do a radio interview.
- Sara Evans

[For one thing, the man of the hour is a cartoon.] We tend to work very closely with our clients... People say one thing -- like, 'Oh, I always go over here when I'm doing this task' -- and then they do exactly the opposite thing. So for our projects, we do a lot of observational research. We even take them out on the research with us.
- Fred Dust

[Democratic Rep. Charles Schumer of New York made a plea to Livingston, the incoming speaker.] These new hearings, these new subpoenas wave a red flag that common sense and common wisdom are not welcome here... Mr. Livingston, this may be the first and most important task you will ever face as speaker. Lead us out of this abyss.
- Charles Schumer

[But by that point, Bush was only fine-tuning a machine whose design had already been determined. By handing the task of devising a vast new Cabinet agency to a few trusted aides, Bush ceded much of his own power to shape the policy. He could have picked the lesser of the options that Card provided him, but his reliance on his aides made it almost certain that he would approve their recommendation.] There were options throughout this paper, and frankly I guided him toward options... You aren't going to win that one.
- Andrew Card

[Bowden understands Wallace's difficult task in motivating players not always sure what's left for them this season.] You have to turn over about every stone you can... Usually, you talk to a kid about his mom up there watching, or his grandparents, or his girlfriend or whoever is up there watching. You appeal more to personal pride.
- Tommy Bowden

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