Sylvia Mathews Burwell Quotes

My mother at the age of 65 decided she was going to run for mayor. She had never run for public office, and she decided she wanted to try and do some things for the community.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 23, 1965

Topics

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I do not have to watch late-night television, watch a movie, to find out what combat is like.

John Glenn

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I see something happening in the world, and I want to share it. It's why, during 9/11, I wrote every few minutes what I saw happening. It's why I write about meeting Steve Wozniak or Bill Gates or Larry Page.

Robert Scoble

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Bob Dole is not a bitter man. That part is jarring. His life was hard.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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The parents that we speak to, and the parents that are our customers, are very comfortable with the way that McDonald's fits into their lives.

Steve Easterbrook

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Neither of my parents had English as a first language.

Maryanne Trump Barry

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'Cat?' 'Cat' can be anybody from the guy in the gutter to a lawyer, doctor, the biggest man to the lowest man, but if he's in there with a good heart and enjoy the same music together, he's a cat.

Louis Armstrong

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I found golf late in life, in 1990. I took some lessons and struggled. Then one day, I hit a drive that was so crisp and clean, with no vibration. There's no feeling like it. I was hooked.

Dennis Quaid

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There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative.

Allan Bloom

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My mother made a lot of things because she thought they'd be healthy for us. There were some very unfortunate experiences with whole wheat bread and bananas. I always tried to get rid of that sandwich and eat one of my friends' lunches.

Alice Waters

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Bose-Einstein condensation is one of the most intriguing phenomena predicted by quantum statistical mechanics.

Wolfgang Ketterle

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We're all capable of being more than we presently are, and the effort that it takes and the will that it takes and sometimes the trauma and tragedy that it takes to force us into that kind of growth is the story of our lives.

Scott Derrickson

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This is Seattle. We're supposed to have superior taste.

Maria Semple

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