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Quotes 1581 till 1600 of 1725.

  • Bart Stupak When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us.
    Bart Stupak
    American politician (1952 - )
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  • Bobby Darin When I come out and sing the first few bars of Bill Bailey, it's very exciting.
    Bobby Darin
    American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor (1936 - 1973)
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  • Dr. Jess Lair When I do something in my family because I really enjoy it, then my duty has become my pleasure. And it is a pleasure for all the people around me.
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  • Jeanette Winterson When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself.
    The Passion (2007) 154
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler When I first asked my boxing coach, two-time Olympic champion Hector Vinent, what made the Cuban style of fighting distinct from the rest of the world, he smiled and told me to sit on a bench in Prado and watch the Cuban women walk.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Bella Abzug When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.
    Bella Abzug
    American lawyer and politician (1920 - 1998)
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  • Billy Beane When I first came into baseball, people didn't want to hear that a team was a business. But it is. And the better the business is run, the healthier the team on the field is going to be.
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Billy Campbell When I first came to Hollywood, I used to dream of doing films and escaping television.
    Billy Campbell
    American film and television actor (1959 - )
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  • Agnes Macphail When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours.
    Agnes Macphail
    Canadian politician (1890 - 1954)
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  • Byron Howard When I first heard that they were going to make 'Beauty and the Beast' at Disney, I was like, 'Oh, God, there's no way I'm going to see that movie,' because I knew what that movie was, was just two people sitting down to dinner over and over and over again. But then when I went to see it, it was like, 'Oh, they made it work.'
    Byron Howard
    American film director and producer (1968 - )
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  • Bonnie Hunt When I first landed at Pixar, I felt like I found this creative oasis with John Lasseter... It's what you thought Hollywood was going to be.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Ben Chaplin When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you're judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you're from.
    Ben Chaplin
    English actor, director and writer (1969 - )
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  • Blair Redford When I first meet a girl, I have some questions I go through if I'm interested in her. Like, if she's a good-looking girl, and I figure out right away that she doesn't read, that's a dealbreaker for me.
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  • Camille Guaty When I first moved to Los Angeles, I had a really bad run. I would sleep in my car during the day outside the Disney building in Burbank, and that's where I got my first job, which is really weird. I liked to stay around the studios and kind of get the good vibes going.
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  • Bart Stupak When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.
    Bart Stupak
    American politician (1952 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bob Newhart When I first started out, 'Time' magazine did an article on what it called 'the sick comics,' and they were myself, Shelley Berman, Nichols & May, Jonathan Winters, Lenny Bruce, and Mort Sahl. We were considered 'sick.'
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Benjamin Clementine When I first started singing in Paris, I sounded horrible: I was just singing to get some money to eat. And I wasn't singing my own songs: it was Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix. Eventually, when I wrote my own music, my style just came out of my own place.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • Andy Warhol When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.
    Andy Warhol
    American artist (1928 - 1987)
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  • Bubba Watson When I got my tour card I cried. When I got my first win - and my first pay check - I cried. All these things make me cry.
    Bubba Watson
    American professional golfer (1978 - )
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