John Updike Quotes
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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Great men marry great women.
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The thing about women playing boys is that we're not going to age, and we're not going to go through puberty in the middle of a long-running series.
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As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old Testament and the Bible.
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A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.
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As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.
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I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
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Men have not stacked the decks against women.
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I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
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When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.
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Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.
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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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When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s besides a women's movement. Working-class women were slow to get into it.
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I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.
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One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears.
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I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.
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I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies.
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I took pain pills to get to sleep because I didn't want to go to work the next day exhausted.
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So many young people are coming out of a generation that has experienced deep woundedness and brokenness, and they are full of life. They are eager to engage. They care about community, and they care about one another.
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Sadly I don't work well under restrictions. I need to forget the world and its rules and laws in order to enter the dreamlike flow of the fictional world. So I may be in some bad trouble.
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A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
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Women: you never know which side they want to dance on.
