Catherine Ashton Quotes
I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man.

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My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.
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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
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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 know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.
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Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.
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We live in one of the most complex ages for young, professional women.
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It's great when women support women. We need more women out there supporting women.
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Women artists are still treated differently from men.
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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
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For me, the struggle for women's human rights began the moment I was born in Tehran at the height of the Iranian Revolution, a time when the status of women was quickly deteriorating.
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During the 19th-century struggle for women's rights in America, many saw a competition between rights for black people and those for women.
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I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide.
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Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.
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I am proud of being a Somali-American Muslim, and my wardrobe has been an important part of my religious and cultural upbringing.
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The one thing women love more than money is power.
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Make no mistake: Restoring our economy is very much a women's issue.
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History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.
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Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor’s love wrought in living stones.
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He has told me he likes men as well as he likes women, which seems only natural, he says, since he is the offspring of two sexes as well as two races. No one is surprised he is biracial; why should they be surprised he is bisexual? This is an explanation I have never heard and cannot entirely grasp; it seems too logical for my brain.
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There's no shape or body type that makes you more happy or more lovable. It's the body you're comfortable in that makes you happier and more lovable. I look around and see how women and men of all types find the love and the life they want.
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The costume of women should be suited to her wants and needs.
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Drink! The flies have not spoilt my vintage; the vines were dry before they came.
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In business, you try to minimise risk.
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I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man.