Jeanne Shaheen Quotes
When I had a group of undergraduates in the room, I would say to them, 'How many of you want to run for office someday?' And almost every male hand in the room would go up. And very few of the young women.
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Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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Time puts things in proper perspective.
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I'm a worrywart, so I'm always a bit more stressed out than I should be or wish I was.
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I think standing up for facts and decency is important, and we should've done more of it back in 2015 and 2016.
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While I know some women who are stunningly sanguine when they're pregnant, I dissolve into a total mess. What normally appears sturdy turns fragile: the economy, the climate, humanity's baseline social contract.
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In affluent communities, where each member is keenly aware of his or her place within the Byzantine order, attracting the right friends is a blood sport. Chumming up to influential figures who are in a position to help can determine the course of an entire life.
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A lot of people live in fear because they haven't figured out how you're going to react when faced with a certain set of circumstances. I've come to terms with this by looking deeply into whatever makes me fearful - what are the key elements that get the hairs up on the back of my neck - and then figuring out what I can do about it.
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When I had a group of undergraduates in the room, I would say to them, 'How many of you want to run for office someday?' And almost every male hand in the room would go up. And very few of the young women.
