- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ale Quotes
A small, varied set of reflections.
This is a modest, loosely connected collection, grounded mainly in a historical comparison of the scale of wartime scientific effort between two countries. Other entries touch briefly on film ratings and the kinds of scripts actors look for. Related quotes appear in our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Combat duty is strenuous and physically demanding, and I'm not the first person to notice that men and women are built differently. And while many will argue that women will only be allowed into combat arms units under the same requirements as their male counterparts, count me as skeptical.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're not free if you can't start a small business because you fear losing your health care, and you're certainly not free if a male boss or politician prevents you from making decisions about your own reproductive health.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If somebody is pointing out that there are advantages - many of them unfair - that go along with being male in our society and in our politics, then I completely agree.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a time when we had a nice little run: Eve, Lil' Kim, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Remy Ma, Da Brat - it goes on. But what I noticed is that a lot of talented females in hip-hop came out of a male camp.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
We feel we're setting a trend. Other girl groups watch our style and see how we rap. And there are some male rappers I feel we've overthrown.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel strongly about HIV/AIDS and children because I'm a famous singer, a public figure, and I'm a female and a mother. I have the responsibility and the passion to help out and do whatever I can.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing for Mills and Boon taught me a lot of discipline. You have to produce books in a short time scale and four a year, and it teaches you a lot.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know the first female astronauts selected were definitely an inspiration to me, and so maybe I will be a role model.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up as a South Asian-American, I didn't have any female role models.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God.
- Nov 07, 2020
Every woman should recruit a female friend to take up golf so there will be more women available to play.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women in pro-ams are always telling me about all the business deals they've struck on the golf course playing with their male work colleagues.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kept the first Rickenbacker I ever got, a little short-scale John Lennon-type model. And I've got a couple of 12-string models, which are really nice, and I've got a Pete Townshend model, which Pete gave me a few years ago. But that's about it.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the way a person dresses is an expression of their personality, and I appreciate a well-tailored suit and the work that goes into it. But when it comes to fashion, on a scale of one to ten, I'm a two.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always say that characters must drive plots, never the reverse. Writing about large-scale events creates the risk that the scope of the events themselves can overwhelm the characters. I emphatically do not want that. That was the only trepidation I felt when I started 'The Twilight War.'
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020