"The fact that women begin to avoid running for public office because of the harassment and sometimes even violence that they face as a hazard, it means that the world is being robbed of extraordinary leadership that women can bring to bear. And of course, if women as professionals begin to look at making career choices because they're looking at whether Am I going to be safe or not? You can imagine the missed opportunities that are out there for women."

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Source : Source: www.popsugar.com

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

#Running Quotes #Mean Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“God permits what He hates in order to accomplish something that He loves.”

Source : Hernacki, Mike (2001). “The Ultimate Secret to Getting Absolutely Everything You Want”, p.29, Pelican Publishing
“What first got me involved in politics was being 14, and a youth organizer comes to my house with a van full of 14 year old girls. "Hey, you want to go to the beach with us? But first we're going to go support the cannery workers' strike in Watsonville."”
“The voice of painterly integrity spoke to me. And the idea was that one would find this anguish, or whatever, and construct it into images that would appear. You already feel very ill and you're trying to put this riddle together because it is the prescription for health. I believe in art as a spiritual health-giving process, not just some style.”
“Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears.”

Source : Stedman Graham (1998). “You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
“An expert is a man who has stopped thinking. Why should he think? He is an expert.”
“For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.”
“The only reason a road is good as every wanderer knows / Is just because of the homes, the homes, the homes to which one goes”

Source : Joyce Kilmer, “Roofs”
“When you go to the movie theater and the opening of this movie and you see the kids just cracking up with a character you are giving your voice to, you get goose bumps. It's so beautiful.”

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