Valerie Plame Quotes
Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even one woman to a meeting or to a decision-making body can do. Put simply, in very many instances, group dynamics improve markedly.
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I don't like television when it gets near to photographed plays.
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Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
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I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
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Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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About half the people at Valve have run their own companies, so they always have the option not just to take a job at another game company, but to go start their own company. The question you always have to answer is, 'How are we making these people more valuable than they would be elsewhere?'
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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A long iron rod rocketed straight through the very forefront of Phineas Gage's brain. It's kind of an unusual part of the brain: you can suffer pretty severe injuries to it and often walk away from the injury. It's not a part of the brain that's necessarily vital for your biological self. But it is very important for personality.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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Brunch, for me, is an extended breakfast that should be enjoyed whenever you have time properly to engage in cooking and eating.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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I don't know if I'm brave.
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Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.
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I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it's so rich in texture that my eyes actually get tired. Everything is in focus down to the littlest leaf.
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Donald Trump is the best debater on the debate stage.
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Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even one woman to a meeting or to a decision-making body can do. Put simply, in very many instances, group dynamics improve markedly.
