Barbara Mikulski Quotes
One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that's how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate's history.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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I hope she misses the cut. She doesn't belong here.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.
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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
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I've directed independent film.
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I am the first podiatrist to serve in the U.S. Congress.
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It's the sick and twisted male fantasy that we want classy ladies out in the world that make us look good, but in the bedroom, men want subservient women who please all of their whims. It's the typical bullshit of male ego.
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My husband has no desire to work with me; don't get it twisted. He gets paid a lot of money to write giant movies. He's not into humoring me with my projects. But, that being said, I did have the story credit on 'Blades of Glory,' and writing is something that I've always been interested in pursuing more.
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I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time.
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One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that's how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate's history.
