"Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability."

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Source : "Gloria Allred: Tiger Woods's True Opponent?" by Sheila Marikar, abcnews.go.com. April 6, 2010.

Gloria Allred

#Helping Others Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.”
“My high school wasn't a big public school; it was tiny. There were 36 girls in my graduating class. We were a big group of girls that by the time senior year came along couldn't wait to get away from school fast enough but we loved each other. It's really fun to see the girls at reunions now.”
“Good dreams don't come cheap, you've got to pay for them and If you just dream when you're asleep this is no way for them to come alive... to survive.”
“The thing that sets Mars apart is that it is the one planet that is enough like Earth that you can imagine life possibly once having taken hold there.”
“At least I was true. My intellectual abilities gave me a release, and an excuse. I shunned company because I preferred books; and the dreams I confided to my father were of becoming a scholar in good earnest, and going to University. It was unheard-of several shocked governesses were only too quick to tell me, when I spoke a little too boldly -- but my father nodded and smiled and said, 'We'll see.' Since I believed my father could do anything -- except of course make me pretty -- I worked and studied with passionate dedication, lived in hope, and avoided society and mirrors.”
“How can our kids really understand the moral complexities of being alive if they are not allowed to engage in those complexities outdoors?”
“I'm interested in why people compromise when they shouldn't. It comes back to what V's about in a sense. We've all got ideals, but given the right circumstances, we'll forget about them and put them behind us. I'm very interested in why people do that.”
“My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals.”

Source : "Alastair Campbell: My family values" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2012.

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