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

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• Donna Shalala:

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

• Donna Shalala:

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

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  I try to deal with my serious reading before work.

• Donna Shalala:

  I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was un

• Donna Shalala:

  I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more

• Donna Shalala:

  I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn'

• Donna Shalala:

  I have long ties to the women's community.

• Donna Shalala:

  I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s an

• Donna Shalala:

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

• Donna Shalala:

  I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the worl