Elizabeth Janeway Quotes
The greatest barrier to women's advance in the public world of action has been their acquiescence in the idea that they don't belong out there.
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People should focus on my foundation, my projects, and everything positive and important that I am doing in Latin America and the around the world.
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The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.
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I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.
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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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There is no doubt that counterterrorism takes time because it is not action against a regular army.
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There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.
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You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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There's something really unique about 'Orphan Black' is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of women's stories, but it's not women's stories in terms of trying to find a guy or keep a guy; it's about entirely other things.
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How in the world any one weighing 185 pounds can be cute is beyond me.
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Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
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If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
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World events can shape culture. Music is either a soundtrack for or a narration of changing times. And who knows how that's going to go?
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I am the freest author in the world.
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Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
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Scoutmasters need to enter into boys' ambitions.
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Truth-tellers who expect others to believe them tend to speak naturally and un-self-consciously. But if they don't expect to be believed, they may try too hard to seem honest. Unfortunately, the result makes them sound less believable. Obviously, then, not every oddly phrased statement is a lie.
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I couldn't imagine what it's like to be a journalist talking about music. You're left with empty descriptions; you probably have to make up a sort of weird cocktail of band influences and references to other music to get your point across.
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The greatest barrier to women's advance in the public world of action has been their acquiescence in the idea that they don't belong out there.
