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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There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the subject of morality.
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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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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
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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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As I walked down to the end of the barracks, there was applause from the men too weak to get out of bed. It sounded like the hand clapping of babies; they were so weak.
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Men live by production, but the State lives by appropriation. While the haves and the have-nots struggle over the division of existing wealth, it is the business of the State to improve itself at the expense of both; it picks up the marbles while the boys are fighting. That has been the story of men in organized society since the beginning.
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More people know who I am, but I don't feel any different within myself - I think that's the main thing.
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Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.
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Custom doth make dotards of us all.
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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.
