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Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me. ”
I have become quite good at repurposing and reusing much of what comes into the house. The goal is to generate as little waste as possible. ”
The failure of women to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effort has been used to block the way of all women of talent and ambition for intellectual achievement. ”
What I've understood is that to be funny is not my job. To see funny is my job. ”
I had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn't care to know. That was my mom's job, I figured that I would just find out when I turned 18. If you can't trust your mom, then who can you trust? ”
I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center. ”
I saw my father deal with every headache the government threw his way - whether it had to do with the signs on the front of the building or the prices on the showroom floor. He knew he could do better, if government would just get out of the way - and stay out of the way. He was right. ”
And I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that because the days are long, the road is hard, the trials are there and I never know when, I have this little gray cloud that's over my head, when it's gonna start raining on me again. And I do need everyone's prayers. But I also believe that we're here for a purpose, and Mitt is prepared. ”
Riding exhilarated me; it gave me a joy and a purpose. ”
Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive. ”