Emily Oster Quotes
To put it mildly, I'm not crazy about the implication that pregnant women are incapable of deciding for themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.
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I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'
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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
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The title 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' is meant to be a deconstruction of a stereotype, and the whole show is about deconstructing the boxes that we're supposed to be put into. We like taking apart the tropes and the stereotypes and explore the nuances, so 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' is a label that we go deep underneath to explore.
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Women's inclusion in the economy is one of the most important issues in Israel.
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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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Dontel Benjamin on 'Eastbound' is a loud-mouth, braggadocios, crazy man, while Roy on 'Rake' is a very deliberate, thoughtful man, and he doesn't scream a lot.
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I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.
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I love to cook. I love having friends over and family. I am definitely a feeder - I feed everybody. I am jumping around the kitchen like a crazy woman.
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I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.
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I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.
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It's funny - I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When I'm rounder in the face, I like to say, 'This is my long-term look.' Or 'This is my wife-and-kids look right here.'
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I don't know if women are meant to run, especially after having kids.
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I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.
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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
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If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
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I think science is about the search for God; it just comes at it from a different angle than religion.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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Little things about the Pilgrims surprised me. For instance, the fact that the first duel in America was fought at Plymouth by two teenaged boys over a girl. The life the Pilgrims led in Holland before coming to America also surprised me.
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Always be prepared to start.
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Freecycle groups match people who have things they want to get rid of with people who can use them.
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To put it mildly, I'm not crazy about the implication that pregnant women are incapable of deciding for themselves.
