Rebecca Traister Quotes
In 2009, the proportion of American women who were married dropped below 50 percent.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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When I'm writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences.
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I use loads of moisturising products and make sure I cleanse, tone and moisturise every day. It's just so important to always keep your skin moisturised.
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Each additional idea is a gift to the future. Each additional idea producer is a source of wealth for future generations.
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When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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I've always looked the same, and every 10 years, I'm a little bit in fashion.
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Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
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Send a bouquet of your face with the morning breeze.
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Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.
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For a Canadian, natural resources were a good fit.
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There are two main methodologies of open source development. There's the Apache model, which is design by committee - great for things like web servers. Then you have the benevolent dictator model. That's what Ubuntu is doing, with Mark Shuttleworth.
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I think I would be making a mistake to actively try and just do everything completely different from 'Gilmore Girls.
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When I was 3 years old, my parents got a dog. I was jealous of the dog, so they got rid of me.
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I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I admire British literature for its insistence on dealing with social class. It may have been an influence.
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In 2009, the proportion of American women who were married dropped below 50 percent.
