Nancy Gibbs Quotes
Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what's left after the men and boys have eaten; she is less likely to be vaccinated, to see a doctor, to attend school.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed.
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I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.
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The pursuit of wealth generally diverts men of great talents and strong passions from the pursuit of power; and it frequently happens that a man does not undertake to direct the fortunes of the state until he has shown himself incompetent to conduct his own.
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For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.
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Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her, or write her out of the story ... The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt.
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Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what's left after the men and boys have eaten; she is less likely to be vaccinated, to see a doctor, to attend school.
