Andrea Mitchell Quotes
[On women in previously all-male fields:] I think it will change in a lot of workplaces. I'm not so sure it will ever change on Capitol Hill until more women are in powerful positions. Because this is the last plantation for men.
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
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Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room. For most, meals were informal, a kind of rolling refueling; often only the men sat down.
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I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.
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But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.
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A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
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Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.
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I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.
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I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
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The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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Women always try to see the one good part of The Weird Guy because the dating landscape is so bleak. Women will say, 'He's very odd, but he likes to cook. He's creepy, but he makes good pancakes!'
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When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.
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I've had young women come to me and say that before they watched 'Voyager' it didn't really occur to them that they could be successful in a higher position in the field of science; girls going to MIT, girls pursuing astrophysics with a view to a career in NASA.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.
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Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do, & didn't save many, anyway; but if he had been damned for the race that would have been act of a size proper to a god, & would have saved the whole race. However, why should anybody want to save the human race, or damn it either? Does God want its society? Does Satan?
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There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.
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When a network passes, you really mourn the show. The official state of grief in Hollywood is saying you're taking around a dead pilot.
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[On women in previously all-male fields:] I think it will change in a lot of workplaces. I'm not so sure it will ever change on Capitol Hill until more women are in powerful positions. Because this is the last plantation for men.
