I can't tell you the number of times people have told me if I just lost 10kg, I could go much further in my career. But I'm determined to show them - and other average-size women - it is doable and possible.
Kids in college often look for mentors and role models to model their careers after, and women don't have the equivalent of a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. I think it's a self-perpetuating loop.
For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.
I think people underestimate the romance audience. It's everything from career women to high school girls to elderly women. I have male readers, too, especially for the Civil War books.
Everyone is political in his or her own way.
Maturity comes with experience, not age.
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Since an early age I was taught to be very politically aware and knew from childhood that the process was something I wanted to contribute towards if I could.
There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in political campaigns. Campaigns are very labor intensive and volunteer dependent.
I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism.
Unless and until Barack Obama addresses the full depth of Americans' anger with his full arsenal of policy smarts and political gifts, his presidency and, worse, our economy will be paralyzed.
I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political.
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.
My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art.
Any political philosophy is perfect in a given moment...but moments are fleeting.
Wars come and go; politics endure.
Saying NO is polite , possible and perfectly acceptable!
I hate office politics. Still, I’m running for office mayor.
How did my semen get on his anus? Simple—the lipstick. But that’s politics, no?
