When we empower women, society benefits, grows, and thrives.
Paul Polman
Recitation: by Male by Female
You don't want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that interests me in a novel. I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.
John Irving
CharacterRelationshipPeopleMeYou
I want to play everything. I really want to do it all.
Sophia Bush
PlayWantEverythingReally
I have always loved clothes, and the opportunity to design my own line could not be missed. It's a dream job.
Jasmine Guinness
OpportunityJobLovedDesignClothes
I like a no-drama set. I welcome visitors by and large; I like music playing on sets between set-ups - all that stuff.
Chris Eigeman
MusicWelcomePlayingLikeStuff
I do think we have a long way to go in terms of the culture around women still being career women, and asking a woman about her career and her work, just seeing them as fully validated human beings in the workplace.
Corin Tucker
WorkWomenCultureWomanThinkLong
We get letters every day from people wanting more mountains. As many as I paint, they still say, 'Give me more mountains.'
Bob Ross
DayMountainsPeopleMeEvery Day
Punching your weight is one of boxing's most sensible rules. It's a handy one to abide by whether your battles lie in or out of a ring.
Brin-Jonathan Butler
LieRulesBoxingRingBattlesOut
My fifth pro fight, I got my first title fight.
Brian Ortega
FightFirstGotTitleProFifth
The person who inspired me the most was a friend of mine, Anita Roddick. I know that Anita wasn't known to be an ardent feminist, but she truly was.
Annie Lennox
FriendMePersonKnowSheInspired
In the act of reading, especially reading fiction, where a world is being created, all kinds of matters of belief come into play.
Alice McDermott
WorldReadingPlayBeliefMatters
As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I've done is rooted in the notion that every human being is born equally capable. What people lack is equal opportunity.
Pierre Omidyar
OpportunityPeopleHelpOwnership
My mom is always asking why can't I make something nice? Because I'll make paintings, say, and they're just really bloody and angsty. So I wrote 'Dark Parts' because I wanted to write something nice for her.
Perfume Genius
MomDarkNiceSayWhyAsking
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