Maria Shriver Quotes - Page 2

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• There are so many places, particularly right now. Go and volunteer at a food bank. If you play the piano, go play the piano in an Alzheimer's home. Or read in an Alzheimer's home. Help a military family with babysitting. The opportunities are endless. People often think 'They want me?' or 'I can be of help?' What we try to say here is 'Be who you are.'Feel that, live it and pass it on.

  Maria Shriver

  Military, Home, Opportunity

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Motherhood: 24/7 on the frontlines of humanity. Are you man enough to try it?

  Maria Shriver

  Motherhood, Men, Humanity

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• I was raised by a formidable woman. She always pushed me to be competitive in a man's world. That's maybe one of the attractions to journalism in the beginning. It was a male profession, and I was comfortable in that.

  Maria Shriver

  Men, Males, World

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• I like cookies, any cookie you put in front of me - animal cookies, sugar cookies, anything crunchy.

  Maria Shriver

  Animal, Baking Cookies, Sugar Cookies

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• Having children-the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings-is the biggest job anyone can embark on. You have to take a leap of faith and ask lots of people for their help and guidance.

  Maria Shriver

  Inspirational, Jobs, Children

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• I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.

  Maria Shriver

  Holiday, Kids, Night

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. June 2008.

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• I like to make jokes; I consider myself a funny person. I just think making jokes about people who are in a situation beyond their control is not funny to them or their families.

  Maria Shriver

  Thinking, People, Situation

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• I don't believe in gutter politics. I don't believe in gutter journalism.

  Maria Shriver

  Believe, Gutters, Politics

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• What we heard loud and clear is that the Battle Between the Sexes is over. It was a draw. Now we're engaged in Negotiation Between the Sexes.

  Maria Shriver

  Sex, Battle, Negotiation

  Maria Shriver (2009). “The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible standard.

  Maria Shriver

  Looks, How You Feel, Way

  Maria Shriver (2000). “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known: Before I Went Out Into the Real World”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• I’m trying to get away from roles. I used to identify myself strictly in terms of my role, but when your roles fall away, part of you falls with them.

  Maria Shriver

  Fall, Trying, Roles

  "Maria Shriver Opens Up About Love and Loss". Interview with Meg Grant, www.aarp.org. December 2013/January 2014.

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• Creating the Minerva Awards. I really have enjoyed that. I have to say that I moaned and groaned about this job but the way I have it now, I enjoy everything about it... I enjoy giving people service opportunities.

  Maria Shriver

  Jobs, Opportunity, Awards

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.

  Maria Shriver

  Jobs, Identity, Losing

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• I liked that Larry King didn't know who Minerva was.

  Maria Shriver

  Kings, Minerva, Knows

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Whether that's speaking up in your job or asking for a promotion or saying, 'I think I can do that.' Using your voice in ways that might initially scare you. That can be being an architect of change.

  Maria Shriver

  Jobs, Thinking, Voice

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.

  Maria Shriver

  People, Trying, Special

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• So many people don't know who's on the State Seal and they don't know, not just in California but the United States of America, things they look at every day and they say, 'Wow! I didn't know that.'

  Maria Shriver

  California, America, People

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I see bright kids trapped in public schools that are just warehousing them. As an educator this makes me scared. As Secretary of State, this makes me terrified.

  Maria Shriver

  School, Kids, Scared

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• God puts mentors in your path. They may not look like you, sound like you, or be what you expect. But they always know more that you.

  Maria Shriver

  Mentor, Sound, Looks

  Maria Shriver (2000). “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known: Before I Went Out Into the Real World”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• I like meeting people and I like being able to help.

  Maria Shriver

  People, Able, Helping

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• We've witnessed history in the making.

  Maria Shriver

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I don't think you have to go out and become Secretary of State or be Bono but I think it's to let people know that whatever they do in their life that that's good.

  Maria Shriver

  Thinking, People, States

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You're either a feminist or you're not. You're a working woman or you're not. I'm raising two girls, and I say to them, 'I need you to be strong and soft. You can be smart and beautiful... You can be all of these things.'

  Maria Shriver

  Beautiful, Girl, Strong

  "Maria Shriver Takes on Alzheimer’s Advocacy". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2010.

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• We need this city to actually live up to its name-The City of Angels. We need to spread our wings. We need to show that we are more than red carpets, we are more than Hollywood, that we are a city ourselves of open arms. We are a city of generosity and compassion.

  Maria Shriver

  Angel, Compassion, Cities

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• I'm only asking you to stop every so often and turn off your mobile device, put down the Angry Birds and the Words with Friends and take a moment. Stop to look up and look around. Pause and check in with yourself - and spend a moment there.

  Maria Shriver

  Inspirational, Graduation, Bird

  Maria Shriver Graduation Speech - Video & Transcript, gradspeeches.com. May 11, 2012.

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