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It doesn't suit me as a person to be put on public display.
Elfriede Jelinek
I am not made to be pulled into the public as a person. I feel threatened there.
Elfriede Jelinek
I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.
Elfriede Jelinek
What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter.
Elena Kagan
When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.
Elena Kagan
Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole.
Eleanor Mondale
My generation took on political equality. I believe young people, who have graduated into a poor economy, have an incentive to take on much tougher issues of income equality. If they show the leadership they have demonstrated in the last few elections, they can bring changes even greater than my generation achieved.
Eleanor Holmes Norton
It's a complicated set of opinions that women bring to the voting booth.
Eleanor Clift
Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum.
Eleanor Clift
Practicing free speech on an open platform is a perilous path for any public figure, and there are no get-out-of-jail free passes in the court of public opinion.
Elaine Welteroth