"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I'm working on the foundation."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation."
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"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."
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"Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'"
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"I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women."
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-Laura Riding
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"We saw what happened in Jimmy Carter's administration. President Carter was a good man with the best of intentions. But he came to Washington without a good working relationship with Democratic members of Congress, which played a big part in his administration's problems."
-Jim Hunt
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-Alexandra Kerry
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"The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational."
-Roger Mudd
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"If you want to have a relationship, at some point you have to let yourself get caught. That's what I did. I got caught."
-Alexandra Guarnaschelli
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-Carol Gilligan
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