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There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.
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This is the word tightrope. Now imagine
a man, inching across it in the space
between our thoughts. He holds our breath. There is no word net. You want him to fall, don't you?
I guessed as much; he teeters but succeeds.
The word applause is written all over him.Standing Female Nude (1985) -
Throughout his remarkable business and government career, Robert Rubin, now 65, has both worked exhaustively at reaching well-founded conclusions and rejected the idea that anything - and he means anything - can be a 'provable certainty.'
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Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants.
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Thus the Convention is unequivocal in its call for children to be consulted, to have their opinions heard and to have their best interests considered when law and policies are being drafted.
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To me, that means getting back to the point where our Constitution means that you don't tap people's phones and poke into their e-mail and you don't arrest people and keep them hidden for a year and a half without charging them.
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UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.
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Wage concessions are difficult to quantify, since their magnitude depends on many operating variables.
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Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.
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We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.
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We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.
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We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.
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We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment.
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Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.
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Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?
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What do I have
to help me, without spell or prayer,
endure this hour, endless, heartless, anonymous,
the death of love?Over, from Rapture (2004) -
When men hold the greater majority of all professional positions of power, it is impossible for a woman to advance her career without the support of men.
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When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always 'a big breakthrough' or a 'radical departure.' Why is it no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?
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When they are employed wisely, derivatives make the world simpler because they give their buyers an ability to manage and transfer risk.
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When trouble strikes, which it always does - bad economy, bad quarter, activists, takeover - when trouble strikes, those board members who don't understand or are not committed are not helpful.
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