"The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isnâ€™t your gender, itâ€™s you. Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control."

-- Angela Braly

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“The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the front of an oncoming train.”
“I like the fact that now my understanding for entertainment and the entertainment business is completely different from what it was when I first came in. I get the business side of it.”
“Margaret Thatcher was a 20th century visionary who understood the power of individual freedom versus the tyranny of government collectivism. She was a loyal supporter and friend of the United States and her terms as prime minister were marked as the beginning of the resurgence of the economy of the United Kingdom.”
“Life is the ultimate adventure, and Death, the prize that awaits us all.”
“One of the problems with the media covering this place is that there are stereotypes of news, one of which is "war rages" and the other is "peace dawns." And there isn't much in between. When I talk to foreign journalists, often they are gritting their teeth because they've been asked for a piece about how shops are reopening and restaurants are reopening and so forth - happy pieces. And it just ain't so.”

Source : "Who Is Iraq’s 'Firebrand Cleric'?". Interview with Justin Elliott, www.motherjones.com. March 31, 2008.
“One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean, you have got to realize I've been on the run for more than 30 years. I have got to have had more than that.”

Source : "Ronnie Biggs's best quotes while on the run" by the Press Association, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2013.
“A cop told me, a long time ago, that thereâ€™s no substitute for knowing what youâ€™re doing. Most of us scribblers do not. The ones thatâ€™re any good are aware of this. The rest write silly stuff. The trouble is this: The readers know it.”
“Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.”

Source : Geraldine Brooks (2006). “March”, p.85, Penguin

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