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The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right to decide upon its Propriety or Impropriety. -- George Mason
Iâ??ve never taken time off from being an actor. This is the kind of career Iâ??d be so happy to do until I die. I always joke to myself that I want to have a postmortem Academy Award Nomination. -- Ansel Elgort
An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of. -- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy. -- Billy Bob Thornton
The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that. -- Jeff Bridges
The difference today is that, in both parties, the very extreme elements control the nomination process. -- Hamilton Jordan
I was never upset that I did not get an Emmy. That I did get an Emmy nomination, I couldn't be happier and prouder. -- Kyle Chandler
During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Reagan's anti-government diatribes and 'better days ahead' rhetoric. -- Jackson Katz
When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job. -- Saxby Chambliss
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I am keeping with tradition today. After I learned of my Golden Globe nomination, I went to the dentist, so today, let's make it the orthodontist. -- Frankie Muniz
Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination. -- Colleen Hanabusa
I won't say I wouldn't be grateful and happy and delighted and thrilled to bits to receive a nomination. But I wouldn't be suicidal if it didn't happen. -- Tom Wilkinson
With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-chic muse. -- Derek Blasberg
I remember having a feeling like, 'I can't believe this is happening!' Two years ago I was auditioning for The Disney Channel, and now Paul Rudd is saying, 'Hey man, congratulations on your Emmy nomination!' -- Max Greenfield
I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972. -- George McGovern
Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York to propose a nomination with which the country and the Republican party can grandly win. -- Roscoe Conkling
I've dreamed a lot of things and a lot of them have come true. The Grammy nomination was the last thing on my list before I had to write a new one. So I'm working on a new one. -- Trombone Shorty
Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility. -- Mitt Romney
What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
I'd said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment to the Academy Award. I knew I was an underdog so I just decided to sleep through the announcement. -- John Hawkes
Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives. -- Christine Pelosi
I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors. -- Morgan Freeman
African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open-minded, pure and simple. -- Herman Cain
Once a popular Alaska governor with a modest record of accomplishment, Palin could conceivably revive her reputation in this era of short memories. But it's hard to imagine her name atop the GOP ballot in 2016, when a cast of heavyweights who sat out 2012 will be vying for the nomination. -- Ron Fournier
If what I've been told is true - and I believe it is, General David Petraeus, a commander with soldiers deployed in two theaters of war, has had multiple meetings with Dick Cheney, the former vice-president of the United States, to discuss Petraeus's candidacy for the Republican nomination for the presidency. -- Eric Massa
When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had a lot of practice. You get to figure out as you go from one debate to another where you made your mistakes. By the time you get to the big debate you're pretty polished. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twists and turns of an artistic career. -- Rufus Wainwright
God willing, even I might scrape a nomination. -- Michael Caine
We got it on lock like Barack got the nomination -- Masta Ace
An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of, -- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition. -- Lajos Kossuth
The Oscar nomination is the best marketing you can get. -- Paul Young
If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination. -- Jesse Jackson
Eight years after Reagan's nomination for president, the conservative movement is directionless -- Richard Viguerie
Cry when you get a Golden Globe. Then you can get an Oscar nomination. -- Jerry Seinfeld
The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general. -- Carol Kane
A Supreme Court nomination and appointment is not a roving commission to rewrite our laws. -- John Cornyn
If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination, ... Hoffman has one. -- Roger Ebert
use every tool in our arsenal to ensure that his nomination is rejected again this year. -- Edward Kennedy
I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois. -- Alan Keyes
The nomination of John McCain is another milestone. So whether black, women, or bald, yes we can. -- Donna Brazile
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I went from everyone saying, "She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act," to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that! -- Keira Knightley
You have to understand that for the most part in New York, whoever gets the Democratic nomination wins. -- Donald Trump
For me, this nomination was as if all of a sudden the crucifix began to wear a yellow star. -- Jean-Marie Lustiger
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings. -- Kate Fleetwood
Just take our name off the list. . . . The nomination is meaningless, because it's not voted on by the fans . . . . -- Ozzy Osbourne
I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
Tom McCarthy said to me, 'Buddy, you got an Oscar nomination through that haircut! That's the real feat, man.' -- Mark Ruffalo
If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination. -- David Allan Coe
If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination -- David Allan Coe
It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents. -- George W. Bush
She [Hillary Clinton] was always expected to win the Democratic nomination so I wouldn't be surprised if they picked those evenings . -- Donald Trump
I think Hillary Clinton's nomination and I think Donald Trump's nomination, I think the media played decisive roles in both of them. -- Ted Cruz
If no one can do that, yeah, Donald Trump better man the lifeboats, because there's some significant chance he'll win the nomination. -- Dalia Mogahed
I think the guy who gets the least chatter, given how high his chances are of winning the nomination, is Ted Cruz. -- Dalia Mogahed
No Republican has ever won South Carolina and Iowa or New Hampshire, as Trump has, without going on to win the nomination. -- Chuck Todd
Any chick that I handle, I teach â??em patience. How not to win the award but be glad for your nomination. -- Wiz Khalifa
For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me. -- Naya Rivera
I just want to point out that Warren Harding, The Times assailed his nomination for president.And we can see how effective that was. -- Dalia Mogahed
The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially. -- Ralph Neas
The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially. -- Ralph Neas
The man [Donald Trump] seems to out-trump himself - no pun intended - every time he speaks in his bid to win the Republican nomination. -- Corri Wilson
I was aware that my nomination was drawing a lot of attention, particularly in the Latino world, not just in Puerto Rico. It was touching. -- Sonia Sotomayor
For my daughter, it's going to mean something special that Hillary Clinton accepts the nomination, and I wanted to make sure that she sees that. -- Julian Castro
In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function. -- Edmund Burke
No judicial nomination should answer any question that is designed to reveal how the nominee will rule on any issue that could come before the court. -- Jon Kyl
Hawaiis own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination. -- Colleen Hanabusa
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Judge Samuel Alito, millions of Americans are concerned about your nomination. They're worried that you would be a judicial activist who would restrict our rights and freedoms. -- Dick Durbin
You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you're the strongest candidate to win the election for your party. -- Rudy Giuliani
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Actually, Joe Biden looked pretty good. In fact, Joe's popularity has gone from 1% to 2% last week to 3% today. At this rate, he could win the nomination by the year 2032. -- Jay Leno
In 2010 and 2012, I won the Democratic nomination in the 22nd Congressional District on the program 'Save NASA Impeach Obama,' without any organizational or financial backing from the party. -- Kesha Rogers
While I believe that my lengthy career provides sufficient evidence for consideration of my nomination, I am convinced the efforts to obtain Executive Branch materials and information will continue. -- Harriet Miers
The lesson of the Clinton years and of Obama's win of both the nomination and the general election in 2008 is that Democrats need to be as tough as JFK was. -- Jon Meacham
I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a nomination - that's when I watch my movies -- William Peter Blatty
Republicans woke up Sunday with an undeniable reality. Donald Trump`s the clear front-runner now for their party`s nomination. Trump, celebrated, of course, his big win in South Carolina. -- Chris Matthews
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I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a nomination - that's when I watch my movies. -- William Peter Blatty
I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before. -- Greg Egan
I am eternally grateful to all of the Latino groups outside of the Puerto -Rican community, but including the Puerto-Rican community, who came to support me during the process [of nomination]. -- Sonia Sotomayor
If this isn't the Fat Lady singing, it's awful close to that. If Ari seriously thought she was a contender for the presidential nomination, he would not walk away right now. -- Stuart Rothenberg
What happened was that none of that [Emmy nomination] really happened. Numbers flew under the radar, and so around the fourth season, I got really jaded and I wanted to quit. -- David Krumholtz
It really kind of looks like now that John Kerry is on his way to the presidential nomination. The only thing that can sink John Kerry now is an Al Gore endorsement. -- Jay Leno
When I ran, I didn't have any money. Now, it requires raising hundreds of millions of dollars just to get the nomination, and I don't care to be involved in that process. -- Jimmy Carter
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I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since you've given me the nomination I feel that I am one. -- Albert Einstein
I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it. -- William H. Macy
One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment. -- Eric Alterman
We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination. -- Jay Alan Sekulow
We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination. -- Jay Alan Sekulow
Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton, but he won more than 12 million votes in the primaries and was respectfully and elaborately saluted by Hillary Clinton, whom he has endorsed. -- Scott Simon
Another wing of the party seems to be putting its hands up. They`re not all resisting and accepting the [Donald]Trump - the fact that he could very well win the nomination. -- Chris Matthews
About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have some appointment or favor to ask for their relatives. -- John Quincy Adams
Passionate people are always ready to stand for their dreams even if no one stand with them. They vote and vote alone for their dreams but never loss their nomination for excellent leadership! -- Israelmore Ayivor
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Just look at the Judiciary Committee, You have some people on the Judiciary Committee who may well decide not to send the nomination to the floor, and now it all depends on what Democrats do. -- Barbara Boxer

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