Maryland Quotes

• Living in Maryland, I saw that the opportunities were far greater in California than back home.

  Christina Milian

  Home, Opportunity, California

  "Christina Milian music maven". Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.

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• Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.

  Jim Henson

  School, College, Years

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• Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.

  Olivia Wilde

  Home, School, Philadelphia

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• Well I am from Annapolis Maryland. I went to High school in Baltimore, but I grew up in Annapolis. It was a cute town. We lived on a waterfront community. It was good, even though I don't really fit the preppy boater kind of style.

  Christian Siriano

  Cute, Christian, School

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• I was living in Maryland and my first week was dreadful. My first week I actually got into a fight at school

  Christina Milian

  School, Fighting, Firsts

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• The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom.

  Ezra Stiles

  Wisdom, New York, Constitution

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• Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior quality of life.

  Bob Ehrlich

  Block, School, Opportunity

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• I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider.

  Davy Jones

  Couple, Years, Challenges

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• Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.

  Allen Klein

  Happiness, Laughter, Heart

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• I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources

  Barbara Mikulski

  Firefighter, Training, Needs

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• My capital budget maintains my commitment to the education of children, health of the Chesapeake Bay, and safety of all Maryland citizens. We will continue to focus on the five pillars of my Administration as we build today and look forward to the projects of the future.

  Bob Ehrlich

  Children, Commitment, Safety

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• At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

  Jim Henson

  Art, Years, Design

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• I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Columbia, My Time, Divides

  Interview with Jennifer L. Knox, www.newyorker.com. June 14, 2010.

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• I was born in Boston, but then I went down to Virginia. We spent a little time in Maryland, and then were in Virginia by the time I was seven. What struck me the most was that my mother thought that she had gone to the middle of nowhere, and we would still drive four hours for her to get her hair cut in Washington, D.C.

  Connie Britton

  Mother, Cutting, Hair

  "Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere Talk NASHVILLE, Doing Their Own Singing, Mastering the Archetypes of Southern Women and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 1, 2012.

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• My problem with Obama is that he's not a new paradigm; he's an old paradigm. A new paradigm would be somebody like Harold Ford [former Democratic Congressman from Tennessee] or Michael Steele [former Republican Lieutenant Governor of Maryland], no relation, both of whom present themselves as individuals, and don't seem to wear a mask. They don't 'bargain;' they don't 'challenge.' So, I see them as fresh, and as evidence of what I hope will be a new trend.

  Shelby Steele

  Challenges, Would Be, Tennessee

  "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.

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• I also point out that the Democrat senator from Maryland, called the Tea Party, teabaggers.

  Eric Bolling

  Party, Tea, Democrat

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• In times of adversity - for the country we love - Maryland always chooses to move forward. Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we move forward or back: this too is a choice.

  Martin O'Malley

  Country, Jobs, Moving

  Gov. Martin O'Malley DNC speech, www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.

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• My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist - outside on the church lawn.

  Tori Amos

  Father, Beer, Corn On The Cob

  "Tori Amos: I'd start the day with three dozen oysters then a rare steak. I felt powerful on stage'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2011.

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• During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland

  Jules Verne

  War, Cities, Clubs

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “From The Earth To The Moon / De la terre à la lune (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.1, Jules Verne

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• I went from a naive, regular girl in high school to trying to realize my dream. When my family moved from the East Coast to California, I thought in my little brain, "Wow, I'm going to Hollywood. I could actually make this happen." It was easier for me to think it's possible living in a place like Los Angeles than trying to do it in suburban Maryland.

  Joan Jett

  Girl, Dream, School

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• This grant gave me more than memories; it gave me a crucial experience that is formative to all writers: the ability to perceive that we become writers in exile, where what we write is the only link across distance and time…I became a Maryland writer because the community of Juneau took me in.

  Paula Vogel

  Memories, Distance, Writing

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• I come from a small town in Maryland. I came to California in 1972 to begin Maude.

  Bea Arthur

  California, Towns, Small Town

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• I moved to Seattle when I was two or three years old. Had my early education there, and would spend summers on the farm in Maryland. Then I went to boarding school in New Hampshire, to St. Paul's School. From there, I moved to London.

  Alexis Denisof

  Summer, School, Years

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. February 11, 2003.

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• I went to Goucher College in Maryland for the best possible reasons - to learn - but then I dropped out at 19 for the best possible reasons - to become a writer.

  Anne Lamott

  College, Reason

  Anne Lamott's commencement speech at University of California in Berkeley, www.graduationwisdom.com. 2003.

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• Every year, once a year, in Maryland, I go for a week and overnight camp with about 50 to 60 kids with muscular dystrophy, all ages, seven to 21. And it is really fun. I have some great friends there and wonderful counselors.

  Mattie Stepanek

  Fun, Kids, Years

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