Barbara Mikulski Quotes
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I would say that in some ways George Mitchell is kind of an old fashioned guy, in terms of these basic values, but he was a very modern person, encouraging, he was not only accepting but he was actually encouraging.
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His great passion for education and [making sure] people have an opportunity. Of course that's what came out of the George Mitchell Institute and his scholarships in those high schools.
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Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.
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We’re going to foment our own revolution. So I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going! Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let’s fight for a new American revolution where women are paid equal pay for equal work, and let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all!
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When you're up in Maine, there is Canada, I mean it's looking right at you; it's a different viewpoint.
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We must be careful that the people who make $5,000 a year are not pitted against those that make $25,000 a year by those who make $900,000.
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We in Maryland are hot. We are absolutely hot about these gas prices.
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I held out my hand and George Mitchell said, "Like in everything else, you lead and I'll follow." And the crowd broke up, and we did a twirl or two around the dance floor. And that's like him, you know, he was there for his members, he campaigned for us, he believed in us, and he was really a good sport as well.
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I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.
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People aren't for hitting.
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I won't stop there, ... I will continue to pursue getting the best advice possible.
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You're part of an American family, and we're going to pull for you.
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I think Paul Sarbanes and his wife Christine socialized with them [George and Heather Mitchell] more than I did, but we all hung out, or we saw each other in groups.
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This decision is among the top two that we're called upon to make.
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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.
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I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.
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I'll be looking for some co-sponsorship in the House, and I hope to get at least part of it passed in September, but I think it's going to take at least 18 months to get all the way there, ... It will take this session and part of the next to get it all done.
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Politics is social work with power.
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I think, though, with that whole sense of integrity and a lot of things that have been going on, the shared leadership rather than the titular head.