“I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met.” NeedsI CanMetsMembersCommittedSpeakersFundingIllinoisDelegation Author:Bill Lipinski
“When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part, so for just a few weeks I became a member of the company and I met some professional actors.” YearsKidsActorsCompanyWeekNeededMetsMembersTheaterTowns Author:Trevor Nunn
“I took time off from school and traveled to Italy when I was 19, living with my extended family members. I must have slept in 30 different houses those months, taken in by people who'd never even met me.” PeopleDifferentSchoolHouseTakenMonthsMetsMembersTraveledFamily MembersTime OffExtended Family Author:Christina Perri
“Ron Paul may be the wackiest candidate in the GOP field. But for pure, blind stupidity, nobody beats Santorum. In my 20 years in the Senate, I never met a dumber member, which he reminded me of today.” YearsMayTodayFieldsMetsPureMembersBeatsBlindStupidityCandidatesSenateGop Author:Rick Santorum
“According to the oral tradition of Witches, we were once the priests and priestesses of a peasant Pagan religion. Members of this secret sect met at night beneath the full moon, for these were the "misfits" and "outcasts" who did not fit into mainstream society. Little has changed over the centuries and the Witchcraft community still embraces individuals frequently rejected in mainstream society. These include gays, lesbians, transgendered individuals, and other people with the courage to live their lives authentically in accord with who they are inside their hearts, minds, and spirits.” PeopleMindHeartLittlesStillsSpiritNightIndividualCommunitySecretCenturyChangedFitMetsGayMoonMembersTraditionEmbracePriestsWitchMainstreamRejectedPeasantsAccordWitchcraftPaganSectsOutcastMisfitsFull MoonOral TraditionPriestessesMainstream Society Author:Raven Grimassi
“Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.” PeopleWorldPoliticalIndividualPartyWifeMetsMembersLifetimeCongressColleaguesPolitical PartiesLiedHe Lied Author:Barry Goldwater
“We thought being offered the M.B.E. [Member of the Order of the British Empire] was as funny as everybody else thought it was. Why? What for? We didn't believe it. It was a part we didn't want. We all met and agreed it was daft.” WantBelieveOrderMusicMetsMembersMusic IsBritishEmpiresBritish EmpireDaft Author:John Lennon
“For a while I felt like I spoke a different language than my immediate family. It wasn't until my teens that I met and got to know better members of my extended family (my cousin Alma in particular) that self- identified as artists. Something in us clicked together; in the way we thought, in the language we chose to use, in what we enjoyed. She helped me see and appreciate a lot both about myself and my loved ones.” KnowsWayDifferentSelfUseTogetherArtistLanguageFeltParticularMetsMembersAppreciateEnjoyedSpokesLoved OnesTeensCousinMy CousinDifferent LanguagesExtended FamilyImmediate Family Author:E.J. Bonilla
“Everybody I've ever met was destroyed by a member of the opposite sex early on and that damage you took into every relationship after that, everybody. Every woman in here got intimidated by a guy, pushed around too much, now you're new boyfriend tickles you a little too hard, boom restraining order. Every guy here had a woman sleep with his best friend, now your new girlfriend hugs your cousin a little long, boom car bomb.” LittlesLongHardGuyOrderSexSleepToo MuchCarMetsMembersOppositesDestroyedGirlfriendDamageBombsHugCousinIntimidatedRestrainingHug YouYour CousinNew BoyfriendNew GirlfriendRestraining Orders Author:Christopher Titus
“Hillary Clinton met with a lot of the mothers in Chicago, she has the endorsement of some of the moms. Bernie Sanders I think has one or two of the family members too. I'm a little uncomfortable with using the families of these dead children this way.” ThinkingWayChildrenLittlesTwoMotherMomMetsMembersClintonUncomfortableChicagoFamily MembersEndorsements Author:Chuck Todd
“We have had a great relationship with the White House.We just had every cabinet person designee of ours meet with the cabinet members of the [Barack] Obama administration on Friday. I've met numerous times with Denis McDonough, they've been nothing but helpful.” PersonsHouseWhiteMetsMembersAdministrationBarackHelpfulWhite HouseFridayCabinetsGreat Relationship Author:John Lewis
“There was sort of a negative association with the military. Maybe growing up in the South or being in a family with members of the military, I didn't have that negative connotation, but I did have this 'separate' connotation. I was ashamed to realize I had it and did not realize I had it until I was [in Iraq]. I was so impressed by the people I met over there and there was just a sense of connection and gratitude towards those people.” PeopleRealizingGrowing UpGrowingMilitaryGratitudeMetsMembersNegativeConnectionsSouthIraqAshamedAssociationImpressedConnotation Author:Stephen Colbert
“Now suddenly you got members of your [White House] team who were 23, 24. They've met their wives here, or their husbands here.” HouseWhiteWifeTeamMetsHusbandMembersWhite HouseYou Got Me Author:Barack Obama
“Obama administration didn't have one person who had ever worked in business. Not one Obama cabinet member had ever seriously had a job, run a company, met a payroll in the American economy. And, as such, no way of understanding how business is done, from negotiations to any other aspect of it. In fact, people in Obama's cabinet were arrogant and condescending and looking down on those people as a bunch of shysters and a bunch of cheats and people that kill their customers and they're destroying the planet.” PeopleWayPersonsDoneFactsRunningJobsUnderstandingCompanyEconomyPlanetsMetsMembersAspectCustomersBunchAdministrationDestroyingArrogantCheatNegotiationCabinetsLooking DownCondescendingPayrollAmerican Economy Author:Rush Limbaugh