"When you’ve paid your debt to society, you need to be reconnected and re-engaged in society." ― Tom Vilsack Topic(s): Experience More From Tom Vilsack "In his first year in office, President Obama pulled us back from the brink of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and worked to lay a new foundation for economic growth. The president identified three key strategies to build that lasting prosperity: innovation, investment, and education." "Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought, the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better yields than anticipated." "At President Obama’s direction, the U.S Department of Agriculture is working hard to unleash the power of America’s innovators and entrepreneurs to build a green energy economy." More In Experience "Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience."― H. L. Mencken "A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it."― John le Carre "A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience."― Edward Norton