"The false pride of perennial celebration, of wearing……" — Anne-Marie Slaughter
"The false pride of perennial celebration, of wearing flag lapel pins while betraying the values that the flag stands for, is like the self-esteem curriculum for toddlers, where everything is praised and no achievement ultimately has meaning."
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19 Quotes by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Anne-Marie Slaughter has 19 quotes on this site.
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Our approach [to global security] has changed by the way we've elevated development. The biggest lesson is to recognize global…
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In Sarajevo and in Syria, these are societies - in Bosnia, in Serbia, in Kosovo, in Syria - where ethnicities…
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What I'm suggesting is we are going to look back, and we're going to see what happened in Syria, and…
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Only when women wield power in significant numbers will we create a society that genuinely works for all women ……
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In the end, no matter how much you love your work, your work will not love you back.
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I’d been part, albeit unwillingly, of making millions of women feel that they are to blame if they cannot manage…
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I see much less of an ambition gap and much more of a workplace and society that isn't allowing us…
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Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.
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When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students…
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If we're going to have better choices for women, we've got to have better choices for men.
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Believe it or not, we will actually be better and happier workers if we are allowed to be better parents.…
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Over my lifetime, women have demonstrated repeatedly that they can do anything that men can do, while still managing traditional…
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More Achievement Quotes
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
— Neil Armstrong
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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