"Stories told around the water-cooler as well as statistics confirm that a man's competence is more likely to be presupposed, a woman's questioned."

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Source : Kathleen Hall Jamieson (1995). “Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership”, p.122, Oxford University Press on Demand

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

#Men Quotes #Water Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I was doing all the coaching schools so that I'd be able to stay in the game, and I gave myself a chance by doing that. I was only an average player, could score a goal or two, that sort of thing, but I wasn't a Bobby Charlton or a Messi, or Ronaldo. There are very, very few really great players who have become great coaches.”
“Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.”
“That's why Black Lives Matter thinks I'm so great. The fact of the matter is that everything is consciousness. This conversation is important.”

Source : Source: time.com
“Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly and doesn't know stuff. She didn't even finish her term.”
“Whatever we saw in October 1941, cannot be compared to anything that we had seen prior, when our forces retreated from the Dniepr borders. Now, things like this no longer happen. Now, we can frown by ourselves.”

Source : "I. C. Bagramyan: A Photo Album About A Soviet Marshal", Yerevan, 1987.
“In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve.”
“I began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing, that you couldnâ€™t make yourself over between dawn and dusk.”

Source : John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.89, Simon and Schuster
“If you have time to chatter,Read books.If you have time to read,Walk into mountain, desert and ocean.If you have time to walk,Sing songs and dance.If you have time to dance,Sit quietly, you happy, lucky idiot.”

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