Elizabeth Moon Quotes
Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.
Quotes to Explore
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A loving mother–son relationship is always a plot or outwitting of some kind. 'Don't tell anyone, but...' my mother was always saying to me – when I wasn't saying it to her.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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Great men marry great women.
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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Women don't give up things. They don't give up responsibilities. They add new things. They exhaust themselves and still don't give anything up. And. And. And. And. And they do all these other things at the same time, which can be exhausting.
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Too many times women try to be competitive with each other. We should help support each other, rather than try to be better than each other.
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Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
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For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.
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Priority is placed on the chastity of women. You can be corrupt, or a murderer and still hold your head up high on the street without problems, whereas if there are any suspicions of your chastity and moral behaviour as a woman, you get lynched.
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My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.
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Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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When I stopped seeing my mother through the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.
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We applaud any company making business decisions that empower women.
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Having something that meant everything was a double-edged sword. It meant you had so much more to lose.
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I basically was in charge of the Jackson 5 - all their creative, when it came down to the studio, and all their musical endeavors.
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Later on, when I signed with Sony, we wanted to re-release 'Fade' as 'Faded' with a brand new mix and with vocals by Iselin Solheim. I think Iselin was the first person who sung demo vocals for 'Faded.' And it worked out great! The way I got in touch with Iselin was through a guy that I work with in the studio.
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I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.
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Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.
