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"You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment."
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"You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.This is but half the truth.You are also as strong as your strongest link.To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the oceanby the frailty of its foam.To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy."

"Unless you refuse the bad things happening to you, you will continue to suffer with your own consent!"

"When we feel ourselves very weak, life will look immensely powerful and ruthless! The extent of our power is the key factor in determining how powerful life is! The stronger we are the weaker the life will be!"

"Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way."

"Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling."

"Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed."

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars."
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"Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum."

"If privacy ends where hypocrisy begins, Kitty Kelley's steamy expose is a contribution to contemporary history."

"Looking at female candidates today, other women are the hardest on them, especially older women who were brought up in a different culture."

"At the unveiling at the White House of the presidential portrait, President Bush pointed out that Hillary Clinton was the first sitting Senator in history to have her portrait hanging in the White House."

"If you think of life and death on a continuum, finding the point where it tips is complicated. It cuts across all political lines and gets to the root of our humanity. It requires faith informed by years of intimacy that you're doing what's right for your loved one."

"Bush does not want to go down in history as the president who lost in Iraq. His strategy to the extent he has one is to hang tough and let whoever succeeds him take the fall."

"Hospice means end-of-life care. The admission ticket is a diagnosis from a doctor that you have six months or less to live."

"People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician."

"Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down."
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