Carol Moseley Braun Quotes
New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.
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I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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I think all politicians lie.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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It's one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It's another to get a letter from a grown child saying they're coming back to live with you!
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.
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Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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The soul is the effect and instrument of a political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body.
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It was never a marketing tool. People say that, but I dress this way for the same reasons I did when I first started doing it. It still comes from a serious place inside of me. I get up in the morning, and I think I just look better a certain way I do my makeup. I want to shine, I want to glitter. I'm not getting up thinking, "Oh, this'll get 'em." And I'm not doing it to make a statement. I'm just doing it to look like Dolly - the Dolly that I know and the Dolly that you know.
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If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?'
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We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.
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New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.
