"Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted."
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"I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.“
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"I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice."
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"Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that."
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"Raising five boys is a handful, trust me."
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"At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent."
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"Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way."
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