William Proxmire Quotes
The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards.
William Proxmire
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I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
Tallulah Bankhead
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When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
Nancy Pelosi
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
Quincy Jones
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In certain states, if a woman makes $12,000 a year, and lives with her quarter-of-a million dollar boyfriend and they don't get married, as long as they don't get married, she gets maybe 20 or 30 thousand dollars in pre-tax benefits in terms of food stamps, health care and housing allowance.
Foster Friess
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Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.
Van Wyck Brooks
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I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!
Ingrid Bergman
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I have settled down in this border area; I am trying to find distinct standards of shape, and I long to experience, formulate, and evoke this dark, heavy, tranquillity.
Arnulf Rainer
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There are certain things that Americans expect their government to do. Our infrastructure is vitally important. Putting people back to work with construction is important. Our roads, our bridges, our sewers, our waterways, our dams - this is what makes our country so special.
Valerie Jarrett
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You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.
Lisa Kudrow
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The art of dressing is the art we all practice.
Anne Hollander
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Democrats don't sound united.
Susan Davis
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The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards.
William Proxmire