Barbara Mikulski Quotes
Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
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I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women.
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The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.
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Women's inclusion in the economy is one of the most important issues in Israel.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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All the women that are first born daughters in my family are named Mary, but we've all been given nicknames. I don't know how or why that started, but I'm nicknamed after my great-grandmother, who was Mamie. No one ever calls me Mary, except only if my husband is very serious about something.
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I'm the youngest of five girls, and I don't know about you, but it's really hard to be heard when you have five women. I've always been this loud and over the top as a person because I just want to be heard.
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I like women with style to wear my shoes.
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Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.
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A lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against women wearing bikinis. No, I want women to feel comfortable and confident in whatever they wear.
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There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.
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I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.
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When you get married you forget about kissing other women.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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I don't want women and their families to be left out and left behind. We can fight for them. We will fight for them. They deserve better and I want to give them better.
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Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.
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I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous.
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Women artists are still treated differently from men.
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I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.
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As a child, one of my defense mechanisms was to try to be funny. My mom tried to nurture that by putting me in acting class. But I got bored when we stopped pretending to be trees and actually had to work.
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People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that.
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I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb.
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Reading a text is more like tracing this process of constant flickering than it is like counting the beads on a necklace.
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Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life.
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Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
