Alison Weir Quotes

When I started researching history in the 1960s, a lot of women about whom I've subsequently written were actually footnotes to history. There was a perception that women weren't important. And it's true. Women were seen historically as far inferior to men.

Alison Weir

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People are not afraid to be activists, to be vocal. And I think back to my years in college, and that wasn't the case.

Jesmyn Ward

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If there's unemployment, having the government help reduce that unemployment, increase employment directly is a pretty good idea. It's not driving out competition; it's not crowding out.

Jeremy Grantham

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The climate informs the character.

Melissa Leo

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Performing at the TMCF Awards Gala is so exciting.

Andra Day

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Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.

Solange Knowles

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The realisation that, depending on where we changed from one note to the next in a melodic line, the music could subtly influence the entire meaning of a scene in so many ways was like a door opening to this amazing new world for me.

Steven Price

MusicAmazingMeDoorWorldMeaning

I've heard the argument that unemployment benefits somehow act as a disincentive to the long-term unemployed when it comes to looking for work, but the opposite is true. Unemployment Insurance serves as a powerful incentive for people to keep searching for jobs, rather than drop out of the labor force altogether.

Tom Perez

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A report released by the Partnership for a New American Economy and the Partnership for New York City predicts that by 2018, there will be 800,000 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs in the United States that require a master's degree or higher - and only around 550,000 American-graduates with this training.

Marvin Ammori

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The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill factor.

Mickey Rivers

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There's tremendous SEO value in Gawker.

Mike Cernovich

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Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.

Debra Winger

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I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.

China Mieville

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