Laura Wilkinson Quotes
The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.
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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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The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But even more galling for women is that few government ministers seem to even appreciate the value of the work they do.
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I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
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Whenever I see a tree that is climbable, it must be climbed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I'll just run up a tree, jump on a branch and swing off. My favorite tree, in Saratoga, gets me a good 75 feet up.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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You can always spot a well informed man - his views are the same as yours.
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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week.
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
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I stopped playing in Jr. events when I was 12 and played women's.
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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Certainly it is a blessing to have three beautiful kids who are all healthy. God put them here for me to nurture and bring them up and try to keep as close to right as I can. So it's a blessing. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time it's an honor.
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If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Con men look for human frailty to exploit. This is most often greed. Trump found a different vice: anger. The emotional are always the most susceptible to manipulation.
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We tend to live up to our expectations.
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In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn't about being unable to walk.
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The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
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History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.
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Less regulation plus less taxation plus less litigation always equals more innovation and job creation.
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The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.
