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Nell Scovell Quotes

American - Journalist | November 8, 1960 -

If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses.

Change Mother Progress Uncle Urgency

I'm a little sad that they actually came up with the metaphor of waves for feminism. By definition, a wave goes in, and it comes out. I would really like it to be a tsunami that creates a flood that forever changes the landscape.

Sad Waves Wave Landscape Changes Up

Male writers don't want to be judged in the room. They want to be able to scarf an entire bag of potato chips while cracking fart jokes and making lewd comments without fear of feminine disapproval. But we're your co-workers, not your wives.

Fear Bag Want Co-Workers Scarf Fart

The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior.

Love Behavior Doing Bad Desire Keep

Making someone laugh is the simplest, most basic positive human connection.

Positive Laugh Someone Connection

In over thirty years working in TV and movies, I've never had an exit interview or contributed to a 360 assessment.

Movies Thirty Never Exit Assessment

Studies do show that in hierarchical structures, you do get more harassment. There's more power concentrated at the top, which means there's more abuse of power concentrated at the top. And every TV show is very much a hierarchy.

Power You Abuse Of Power More Top

The Kennedy Center Honors reflects our humanity and higher purpose. We are a great nation, in part, because we value culture.

Great Culture Purpose Value Humanity

I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad.

Good Happy Bad Good News News Get

Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew.

History Tough Long Israel Global

I'm on the board of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which is run by Dr. Stacy Smith - she conceived of the inclusion rider. What I love about the inclusion rider is it uses the fact that Hollywood is based on hierarchies, and it knows that these key players have persuasive power.

Love Power Key Initiative Run She

If women who don't help women get a special circle in hell, I think women who do help women should get a special cloud in heaven.

Women Think Hell Help Cloud Heaven

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