Jenny Shipley Quotes
The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.
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My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.
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One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
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But in action, one defies one's character.
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I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.
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My favorite charity is the Women's Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.
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I think one challenge is that having few women in your work environment makes you feel a little isolated and alone. I'm an extrovert; I like talking to people, and I make friends easily, but if your personality is somewhat different, I think you would struggle to connect with people.
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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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I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.
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I would really like to do a straight action movie that's hardcore - heavy action, like 'The Expendables' or 'Fast Five.'
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I owe my career to Latina women. I was surrounded by the amazing group: my mother, my aunts, my extended family. They didn't necessarily have access to high fashion, but they had great style and looked stunning naturally at every age.
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In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy.
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In brief, when a man fails as a wallet, we put him in prison; when a woman fails as a mother, we offer her social services. We’re taking a criminal approach to men, a social services approach to women.
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I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years ago. And it was all about the things that I didn't like about TV. I was trying to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked.
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Working people of this country want economic security. The worst possible thing you can do for those families is bust the public finances, have some welfare system this country can't afford.
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So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me by taking me out of literalism and increasingly into a more secular, scientific view of the world.
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The thing about getting older is the injuries. You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape.
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The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.
