Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

My personal style has developed from growing up in Oklahoma, middle America, where I was wearing jeans and cowboy boots and where people were not running around in miniskirts. ”

The middle class has disappeared. We have a highway to poverty and no roads coming out. ”

A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out. ”

I was actually going to be a chef before I got sidetracked. I used to make deserts for restaurants as a young teenage mother to make money. ”

I started growing my own organic vegetables... and started a routine of generally going to bed at 9.30 to 10 o'clock every night and sleeping until 7 A.M. I take perfect care of my machine. ”

Some of the best preparation I had for coming to Congress is being a football referee. Because you've got to make a decision, and no matter what you do, someone's unhappy with you. ”

Growing our economy means supporting our small businesses, and one straightforward way to do this is to help business owners with the cost of health insurance for their workers. ”

When I was growing up, everyone dressed the same. You had to have bootcut pants and chunky heels. ”

Coming from the theatre, I have played some fabulous characters where I get to wear gowns, and I get to be a princess or someone from the 1920s, or I get to wear showgirl costumes. I'm used to wearing a wardrobe that changes how I feel. It's a bit of an outside-in approach - so often, the clothing can reveal so much about a character. ”

I really do believe that youth comes from how you look at the world. ”