Rebecca Traister Quotes
In some ways, privileged women who are closer to power wind up being able to exert their influence in ways that change public policy in ways that women with less power don't have access to.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
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I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't read now. And I know that when they leave those prisons and those detention centers, they're not going to be able to make it in our society.
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'Loving Frank' is about a forbidden love affair between two people who lived a hundred years ago - Frank Lloyd Wright and his married client, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. The affair set off a colossal newspaper scandal when the lovers ran off to Europe together.
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Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come.
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China's got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain't right.
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I have three lovely, lovely kids that I am in love with and that's in love with me.
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Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.
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I was always singing but didn't plan on pursuing it seriously. When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn - I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point - and that was it.
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I don't think there's ever been a team that ever scored more layups than that Blazers team.
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One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet.
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We take the same line as the United States: the austerity policies need to be accompanied by greater flexibility to stimulate growth.
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Aunt Agatha is like an elephant-not so much to look at, for in appearance she resembles more a well-bred vulture, but because she never forgets.
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I don't know if I'm a national education figure.
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Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Art thou a type of beauty, or of power, Of sweet enjoyment, or disastrous sin?
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In some ways, privileged women who are closer to power wind up being able to exert their influence in ways that change public policy in ways that women with less power don't have access to.
