Catherine Drinker Bowen Quotes
A woman's biography - with about eight famous historical exceptions - so often turns out to be the story of a man and the woman who helped his career.
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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As a woman, my style defines my leadership. It's a gentler, more compassionate approach. I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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You know, I'm a curvy woman and I just want to be comfortable with that.
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I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.
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Honestly, among my acquaintances there is no woman wearing XS.
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Moviewise, I would love to make the story of princess Erendira. She was a 16 year old princess/warrior who led her tribe in war against the Spanish around 1513. She almost defeated them, and the Tarascans were the only tribe the Aztecs couldn't defeat.
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You just can't help but sort of think that your life and your career are going to go straight up, up, up.
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I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.
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No damn man kills me and lives.
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As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story.
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I like when a guy makes me feel like a woman and a little girl at the same time.
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I've always loved doing research. I remember doing a research project on the Babylonian numeral system in the eighth grade and thinking, 'This is pretty awesome - is this really a job you can have?' This led me toward a career as an academic, although it took me until college to realise that economics was the right field.
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I got very keen on biography because I wanted to change it. I wanted to stretch the form. I think of it as a way of capturing souls.
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The United States never stopped conspiring against the Arab world, which holds the largest oil reserves on the planet.
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I couldn't stand it. It was what I thought I always wanted. I was there every day in the trenches, and I hated everything about that job. But what I loved - and what I got from 'The Tooth Fairy' - was to see how studio movies were released.
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Subtlety and indirection are important tools, but you can't scale the highest peaks with these tools alone.
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A woman's biography - with about eight famous historical exceptions - so often turns out to be the story of a man and the woman who helped his career.
