"We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families."

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Source : "Women in the US Senate: a guide to the 20 female senators" by Emma G. Keller, www.theguardian.com. November 09, 2012.

Barbara Mikulski

#Dream Quotes #Badass Quotes #Issues Quotes

“There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor.”
“None of us is a smart as all of us.”
“Anytime you're with somebody, you become a reflection of that person. I believe the first five years of our relationship was me grooming her, getting her tough and getting her ready for all of this and how to deal with it. The last was just her being a strong Black woman who has her man's back.”
“I didn't want to be out of order answering any questions.”
“By ' patriotism ' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life , which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people.”
“One of the things I recognized early on, doing whatever studies of black history I have, is that even though black folks were transported as slaves, into servitude, when they were carried out of Africa they left empty-handed, but they didn't leave empty-headed. They carried with them the culture they knew, the culture they had, and that culture reconstituted itself in all the places they went.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“I'm pretty goofy, I'll do anything for a laugh.”
“Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.”

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