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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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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Men may be way behind in creating choices for themselves, but have actually been quiet supporters of the choices women want for themselves.
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The biggest message I have for young women is, Don't start cutting off branches of your career tree unnecessarily early. Sometimes women say, I know I want to have a family or play in the local symphony, and they start pulling themselves out of their career path. You don't have to take yourself out of the running before you even start.
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I have four sisters at home, and both my mom and dad worked, and both of them took care of us. It wasn't like my mom was fully domestic, or my dad was fully domestic: they were just equals in their relationship. So I grew up with the perspective that women should be pursuing their dreams and not have to depend on a guy.
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Usernames and passwords are an idea that came out of 1970s mainframe architectures. They were not built for 2016.
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I like being part of a big company's executive team. It's fun to stretch other parts of my brain, considering questions like, 'How should we think of acquisitions?' I get to be privy to things that would never come up at a small company.
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I am persuaded that we are all surrounded by an atmosphere - a separate, sensitive, distinct envelope extending some distance from our visible persons - and whenever my invisible atmosphere is invaded, it affects my whole nervous system. The proximity of any bodies but those I love best is unendurable to my body.
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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.
