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They used to give us a day-it was called International Women's Day. In 1975 they gave us a year, the Year of the Woman. Then from 1975 to 1985 they gave us a decade, the Decade of the Woman. I said at the time, who knows, if we behave they may let us into the whole thing. Well, we didn't behave and here we are.

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• When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his admiration for the Boer generals and how ingenious they were during the Anglo-Boer war.

  

  F. W. de Klerk
  • Time
  • Long
  • War

• Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Time
  • May
  • Want

• I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.

  

  Olivia d'Abo
  • Life
  • Time
  • Important

• When you want something very dearly, you make the time.

  

  Nana Mouskouri
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  • You

• When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • Women
  • Love
  • Job

• People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• In the biographical novel, there's only one person involved. I, the author, spend two to five years becoming the main character. I do that so by the time you get to the bottom of Page 2 or 3, you forget your name, where you live, your profession and the year it is. You become the main character of the book. You live the book.

  

  Irving Stone
  • Time
  • Live
  • Character

• Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.

  

  Malcolm Forbes
  • Time
  • Right
  • Half

• I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.

  

  Ira Glass
  • People
  • Time
  • Live

• Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space.

  

  Nadia Giosia
  • Up
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  • Good

• Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.

  

  E. L. James
  • Up
  • Good
  • Great

• On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund.

  

  Malcolm Turnbull
  • Time
  • Believe
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• Perhaps at some time in the future, when you ask a friend to come up and look at your etchings, you will plug in your collection of video art.

  

  Ralph Baer
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  • Art

• In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.

  

  W. G. Sebald
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• The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.

  

  Beatrice Wood
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• I do think that having the villain be a woman is just as feminine, because we're not just saying, 'Women are wonderful and made of marshmallows,' but women can be anything. They can be amazing superheroes, or they can be dastardly villains, and everything in between.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Women
  • Amazing
  • Woman

• However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.

  

  Wally Lamb
  • Writing
  • May
  • Think

• This has been a trend for a long time; the days of lifetime employment are long since over.

  

  Marc Andreesen
  • Time
  • Long
  • Employment

• I want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • Up
  • Morning
  • Famous

• You can't be a change-maker by reading a book.

  

  Bill Drayton
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  • Reading

• You can film me 24 hours a day and you'll get a very accurate picture of who I am. You see the funny side, I work hard, and I try to be honest and just call it how it is.

  

  Lisa Vanderpump
  • Work
  • Funny
  • Picture

• After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work.

  

  Jordi Molla
  • World
  • Work
  • Movie

• The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy - and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come! But learn from the bewildered baby. Lurch to your feet again. You'll make the sofa in the end.

  

  Pam Brown
  • Joy
  • Baby

• They used to give us a day-it was called International Women's Day. In 1975 they gave us a year, the Year of the Woman. Then from 1975 to 1985 they gave us a decade, the Decade of the Woman. I said at the time, who knows, if we behave they may let us into the whole thing. Well, we didn't behave and here we are.

  

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