Dakota Fanning When I’m working, even though it’s sometimes challenging and difficult, there’s still no place I would rather be. – Dakota Fanning Challenging Quotes Difficult Quotes I think what has helped me is that I’ve never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems! There’s a history where, when women get to a certain age in this industry, the roles become strictly the mother, the wife, or the older single woman. There should be more of a variety because there are so many different paths that humans take, and they should be given a platform to be seen.
Indra Nooyi I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn’t get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years. – Indra Nooyi
Anita Borg It doesn’t help to just get women’s opinions and then turn them over to an all-white-male engineering team. – Anita Borg
Malorie Blackman I suppose I’ve always lived in my own head. I didn’t discover boys till sixth form. Then suddenly it was, ‘Oh! Boys!’ – Malorie Blackman
Philip Rosenthal The world’s pretty big. I have to see everything, do everything, eat everything. You’ll never be as young as you are right now, so while your legs still work, while you still have the breath in your lungs, go. At the end of our lives, we only regret the things we didn’t do. – Philip Rosenthal
Mac Miller Just because someone may or may not have someone that writes some words for them doesn’t mean that, A, they don’t have to kill it on the performance, and, B, they don’t have to have the ear for what’s tight and what’s not, which is something a lot of people don’t have. – Mac Miller
Chris Pavone As a book editor, you need to pitch every one of your books again and again, dozens of times, for months on end. From a quick conversation with your boss or a letter that’ll be read by just one person, to a five-minute speech in front of 50 colleagues or cover copy that’ll be in front of millions of eyes. – Chris Pavone
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