Barbara Mikulski Quotes
All of a sudden they're saying that a woman who was able to become head of the Texas Bar Association isn't qualified.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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They used to tease me at the 'Oprah' show, 'Are you really going to do another white Shaker kitchen, with white subway tile and stainless steel appliances?' And my answer is, 'I can vary it a bit, but I'm never going to err from classic materials.'
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and accessible - that means full day and full year. And let's not forget that even in elementary school, working parents need access to the same kind of quality, affordable after-school programs!
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.
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I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.
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The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.
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They are like glistening wet otters frolicking.
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I stayed in a dark corner of the house dreaming the story of the poverella's waterlogged, lifeless body, a silver anchovy to be preserved in salt. And whenever, later, I played at whipping the air to get it to whine, I thought of her, the woman in salt. I heard the voice of her drowning, as she slid through the water all night, as far as Capo Miseno. Now, just thinking about it, I felt like whipping the air of the pinewood harder and harder, like a child, to evoke the spirits, perhaps to chase them away, and the more energy I put into it, the sharper the whistle became. I burst into laughter, alone, seeing myself like that, a thirty-eight-year-old woman in serious trouble who suddenly returns to her childhood game. Yes, I said to myself, we do, we imagine, even as adults, a lot of silly things, out of joy or exhaustion. And I laughed, waving that long thin branch, and felt more and more like laughing.
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Speaking is the one trait in which woman is superior to man. Consider what happens when a couple argues. The man tries to talk to the woman. The stupid fool - he can never win.
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I created a production company. Right now I am so happy in my work.
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All of a sudden they're saying that a woman who was able to become head of the Texas Bar Association isn't qualified.
