Eleanor Clift Quotes
Today's young women don't really see inequities until they go out into the real world.
Quotes to Explore
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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I'm not a celebrity trainer. I don't have my own line of DVDs, but I'm a fighter and have everything to prove.
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I'm a woman who eventually will get married and have kids - adopted at this point - but I see myself with a family and less time to commit to wanting to be a lead character.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
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My quick beauty tip is always have a tinted gloss of some kind to give you some color even if you have no makeup on.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Zach Galifianakis is hilarious. I worked with him on a pilot before; he's hilarious and such a nice person.
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There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China.
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They should be shot. (on the Backstreet Boys)
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A lawmaker cannot be pro-sequester while also purporting to be pro-national security or supportive of a strong economy.
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It's so great to be able to inspire these young women today to get involved in male-dominated subjects.
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I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema.
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I want to always be an interloper. I never want to feel like I'm a guy who is embraced by the people who are putting me on the air. I want to feel like I broke into the studio and took over and made them mad. If I'm not doing that, I'm not doing my job.
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Today's young women don't really see inequities until they go out into the real world.
