Elizabeth Edwards Quotes
My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.
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I really loved making 'Love, Nina.' I was in every scene, which was amazing. Bloody hell, what a job!
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I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me.
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DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
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I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
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I have to remind myself when I'm on a job and I'm feeling a lull in attitude or confidence or whatever, I'm there for a reason. I have to constantly remind myself of these almost corny Pinterest mantras, like 'You are worthy.'
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As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life.
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My mom was my main influence growing up, and Phylicia Rashad reminded me a lot of my mother, just the way she handled certain things, she was... not soft-spoken but smooth-spoken. Just very calm, cool, collected about things.
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You can't predict when a crisis might hit your family, whether it's with an elderly parent or with your children.
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My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.
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My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.
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I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.
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A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative. That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.
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The most important lesson I have learned from spending years talking to law enforcement officers is that the vast majority of them really want to do a good job. They have a physical need to do a good job. And yet, we don't give them the resources that would help them.
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I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.
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In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded Jewish children from higher education in public schools.
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I am not sure how much good is done by moralising about fairy tales. This can be unsubtle - telling children that virtue will be rewarded, when in fact it is mostly simply the fact of being the central character that ensures a favourable outcome. Fairy tales are not, on the whole, parables.
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Women are socialized to take advantage of four informal options for emotional support: husbands; womenfriends; children; and parents. Men are socialized to take advantage of only one of these informal options: their wife or womanfriend.
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My job is simply to be myself, to be Ayumi Hamasaki.
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I'm involved with Children's Hospital Los Angeles. I love anything that helps and improves the life of children.
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Moviemaking is so male-dominated now that they think they’re being pro-feminine when they have women punching each other out.
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This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.
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Ever since I released my first album, I've tried not to use minor chords as the main element in songs. The way I sing is too melancholic.
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I'm a big fan of Mashable and TechCrunch and other outlets like that, but TechMeme obviously does an amazing job of aggregating.
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My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.
