Nell Scovell Quotes

I think it's an uphill battle in every field. You hear late-night comedy is hard on women. And then you hear investment banking is hard on women. And tech is hard on women. And then you start digging, and you learn philosophy departments are hard on women!

Nell Scovell

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WomenStartThinkBattleLearnYou

Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, who founded Lenny Books together, also happen to have exquisite reading tastes - from obscure small press poetry chapbook to dishy memoirs to literary novels - and so it's a real honor that they've chosen to announce their imprint with my stories.

Jenny Zhang

TogetherPoetrySmallReadingHonor

It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right.

Ann Romney

WorkRightAlwaysEverythingLittle

Even though we're really, really happy with what we do, sometimes I think - as an adult, you think, 'Should I be more responsible with my life choices?'

St. Lucia

LifeHappyChoicesThinkMy Life

Fernanda Andrade and Daphne Zuniga are two beautiful, inspiring women I met and became very close with while living in L.A. Daphne's father is from Central America, and Fernanda is originally from Brazil.

Torrey DeVitto

FatherWomenBeautifulAmericaTwo

Ask me for my shirt off my back, I'll give it to you. Tell me? Not a chance.

Roddy Piper

MeChanceYouBackAskShirt

How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?

Mary Renault

TrustPeopleHarvestSeeHowUnless

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that's what I want.

Michelle Obama

LifeChildrenThinkPressureEasy

I have to be honest: when you have 70 fights under your belt, your priorities change.

Mirko Cro Cop

ChangePrioritiesYouHonestYour

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

Lucan

LifeHappinessMenDeathEndureMay

I was trained as a neurologist, and then I went into the theater, and if you're brought up to think of yourself as a biological scientist of some sort, pretty well everything else seems frivolous by comparison.

Jonathan Miller

YourselfThinkYouEverythingUp

Conflict and opposition are as necessary as cooperation and agreement, but the scale is off balance, with conflict and opposition overweighted.

Deborah Tannen

BalanceConflictCooperationOff

Society and government at all levels - the state level, the local level and, of course, the federal level - really needs to redouble its efforts if we're really going to make a difference in combating autism.

Chris Smith

GovernmentSocietyMake A Difference

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