Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I grew up assuming that I would be in public service. I never planned to be in business.
I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.
I was raised in a family dedicated to public service.
I have had a career in public service.
I was born into public service.
What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.
Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.
My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
My plans were to practice law and then possibly go into public service.
As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.