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“Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.”
“To make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is not, but we have to train managers at all levels to recognize the difference between the number of hours worked and the quality of work produced.”
“A source of conflict for women everywhere is the pull between reproduction and production. Women worldwide have difficulty in balancing their dual roles as caregivers and providers.”
“I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.”
“Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive.”
“The health benefits of paid sick days policies are obvious. They prevent the spread of disease. But the impact is wider. If a working mom or dad loses a job because of sickness, the family may slip into poverty.”
“Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.”
“The vice presidential candidate does not usually make much difference at the polls. But that may be changing as voters become more aware that the understudy must be ready to take over if needed.”
“Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.”
“Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.”
“What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.”
“The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode it to the greatest extent possible.”
“If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.”
“When we mention the 1 percent and the 99 percent, everybody now knows what we are talking about. It's part of our vocabulary. How quickly these numbers jumped from the sidelines to the center.”
“We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.”
“Video games seem to be mostly a boy thing - viewed by young boys and created by big boys. I believe that if more videos games were created by women, the violence in these games - especially against women - would be rapidly toned down.”
“'Job Killer.' Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.”
“To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.”
“If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.”
“Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.”