Ami McKay Quotes
If women lose the right to say where and how they birth their children, then they will have lost something that's as dear to life as breathing.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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There's a history where, when women get to a certain age in this industry, the roles become strictly the mother, the wife, or the older single woman. There should be more of a variety because there are so many different paths that humans take, and they should be given a platform to be seen.
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I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
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I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
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I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
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Leading from behind doesn't work.
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I love simplicity.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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I'm not a huge fan of my work.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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My family was in two businesses - they were in the textile business, and they were in the candy business. The conversations around the dinner table were all about the factory floor and how many machines were running and what was happening in the business. I grew up very engaged in manufacturing and as part of a family business.
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Remember, you can be exalted without a college degree. You can be exalted without being slender and beautiful. You can be exalted without having a successful career. You can be exalted if you are not rich and famous. So focus the best that you can on those things in life that will lead you back to the presence of God - keeping all things in their proper balance.
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My mother was largely a housewife until she and my father were divorced. No one in the family read for pleasure - it was a very unintellectual household - but my mother did read to us when we were little, and that's how I started to read.
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If you operate under the premise that everybody already has some experiences that could be sources of empathy for them, I wonder if there's some process of coaxing people into tapping into that knowledge.
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There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.
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I am disappointed because nobody is talking about food and agriculture. They're talking about the diets of children, but they're talking about Band-Aids. We're not seeing a vision.
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If women lose the right to say where and how they birth their children, then they will have lost something that's as dear to life as breathing.
