Yvette Mimieux Quotes
Most parts for women have them reacting to something a man has done. Women never instigate any action; they only react it. We women have become accustomed to doing that.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
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There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. If she is confirmed, Solicitor General Kagan will bring the Supreme Court to an historical high-water mark, with three women concurrently serving as Justices.
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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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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.
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I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to.
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Libertarianism is a way of measuring how the government and other kinds of systems respect the individual. At the core of libertarianism is the idea that the individual is sacrosanct and that anything that's done contrary to the well-being of the individual needs some pretty serious justification.
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Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain does.
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We are not yet a society free of sexism, and this will continue to be an issue for all women candidates.
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The fashion industry has done itself in by neglecting the 60- to 80-year-old market. They have the time and the economic resources. They want to go shopping.
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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.
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I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
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I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'
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My first album was called 'Badlands,' and it's something that I think I'm most proud of having done in my life.
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The trade unions in the UK are campaigning around zero-hours contracts, which isn't about feminism, but it's a feminist issue. Women are affected by zero-hours contracts, and the recession has and is affecting women more than men.
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Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.
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The Founding Fathers of our nation believed in the people. They created a new nation based on the radical notion that the people could be free and trusted - that the nation would be great if you trusted the people to be good.
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Art history is littered with work that involves light.
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Most parts for women have them reacting to something a man has done. Women never instigate any action; they only react it. We women have become accustomed to doing that.
