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Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school.


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TAMMY BALDWIN All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... becaus...
TAMMY BALDWIN Sometimes I wish I weren't famous.
TAMMY WYNETTE Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - a...
TAMMY BRUCE In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the de...
TAMMY BRUCE How one stands up to any sort of allegation in the heat of political battle reveals the strength and...
TAMMY BRUCE I am not a typical human being. I am me and don't try to be anything but that because God didn't giv...
TAMMY WOOSTER That was my Norwegian grandmother's.
TAMMY HARTY'S the original country music diva.
TAMMY WYNETTE It's something that was a part of my growing up and my childhood, ... I loved the hall.
TAMMY WYNETTE Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today. Me and Little Joe will be going away. I love you both and thi...
TAMMY WYNETTE Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one man.
TAMMY WYNETTE I flipped open my Nextel, went to Shane's number, dialed it, and Shane said, 'Hello?'
TAMMY TOWNSEND It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next 24 to 48 hours. I think it'll be a big decision...
TAMMY PETERS He fell on the triple axel and he missed a spin when he slipped - which he normally never does. Thos...
TAMMY GAMBILL We literally stopped at 25 or more hotels and motels on the way up and couldn't find one room, ... W...
TAMMY TOWNSEND We got out of New Orleans about 9:30 Saturday morning on a wing and a prayer. We had no plans other ...
TAMMY TOWNSEND The next two days, gas prices went nuts.
TAMMY BEARD And we're gonna put the pen in the box, and she loved lavender roses so we can put a rose petal in h...
TAMMY KUBO I went to my car in the morning and it was on my windshield wiper with a nice note. He heard and wan...
TAMMY KUBO We'd always be in the kitchen; it was a Saturday morning thing, just sitting there with a big bushel...
TAMMY MOORE Your mind is your battleship through the storm of life's hardship where you can either lose control ...
TAMMY MARTELL It's neat seeing the continuum of care. I'll pick someone up in the ambulance, then see them at the ...
TAMMY SNOW I didn't think I would win. I'm excited. I don't know what to say. This has been a dream come true. ...
TAMMY WOODS I wasn't really sure when the other keys weren't turning. But when mine turned, I was real, real hap...
TAMMY WOODS I was pleased with our hitting today. I felt like that, with that amount of hits from us, and if our...
TAMMY OLSON Brain dead. The brain and the body weren't working [together], and nothing was firing. I was very di...
TAMMY OLSON CMA established the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961, and it is truly our format's ultimate honor....
TAMMY GENOVESE It's $50 for a booth and they're still taking booths.
TAMMY HUTCHESON We're not calling this a sequel. We're calling it the next installment.
TAMMY SMITH Everybody is just really appalled that an 8-year-old would be labeled, even if it's not going in his...
TAMMY BARTH We've been welcomed by the old customers and we're welcoming lots of new customers. They like the ch...
TAMMY MCINTYRE Sam was throwing fastballs up in the zone, so they were hitting fastballs all over the place.
TAMMY OLSON You would be surprised at how quick a baby will crawl toward a photo of [his/her] mother.
TAMMY ANDERSON It is going to be a really warm, cozy, home atmosphere.
TAMMY ANDERSON