Madeleine M. Kunin Quotes - Page 2

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• Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.

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  Political, Politics, Debate

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• Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.

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  Usual, Campaigns, Corporations

  "Occupy Congress" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2011.

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• Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization.

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  Skills, Self, Volunteer

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• Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.

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  Fall, Numbers, Work Out

  "Sheryl Sandberg Is Half Right" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 13, 2013.

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• Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.

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  Country, Balance, President

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• A small pay discrepancy between men's and women's salaries for the same job may seem inconsequential. But over the years, salary discrimination adds up to a significantly smaller pension.

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  Jobs, Men, Years

  "Equal Pay for Women Translates Into a Bigger Paycheck for Families" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2013.

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• Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.

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  Smart, Lying, Race

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• A skilled worker, regardless of the job description, remains a treasure.

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  Jobs, Treasure, Description

  "The Business Case for Workplace Flexibility: How Employers and Employees Can 'Have it All'" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2012.

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• Video games seem to be mostly a boy thing - viewed by young boys and created by big boys. I believe that if more videos games were created by women, the violence in these games - especially against women - would be rapidly toned down.

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  Believe, Boys, Games

  "Why Girls Should Create Video Games" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2012.

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• To make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is not, but we have to train managers at all levels to recognize the difference between the number of hours worked and the quality of work produced.

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  Attitude, Differences, Numbers

  "The Business Case for Workplace Flexibility: How Employers and Employees Can 'Have it All'" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2012.

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• Why are video games so violent? The ones I've seen remind me of the 4th of July, with everything exploding, buildings, cars, airplanes, men and women. Kill, kill, and kill for sport and entertainment.

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  Sports, 4th Of July, Airplane

  "Why Girls Should Create Video Games" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2012.

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• Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, thats where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, its easier to combine career and family.

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  Jobs, Careers, Pay

  "Why Girls Should Create Video Games" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2012.

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• Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.

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  Feelings, Important, Age

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• It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

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  Mean, Winning, Sides

  "Compromise Is Not a Dirty Word" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 27, 2011.

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• 'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.

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  Explosives

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• If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

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  School, Mobility, Serious

  "Pre-School Is Where Upward Mobility Begins" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 14, 2013.

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• If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.

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  Color, Months, England

  "Gray Days of November" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.

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  Novelty, Being A Woman, Conscious

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• Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

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  Childhood, Birth, Early Childhood

  "The First Thousand Days of a Baby’s Life" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 24, 2013.

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• We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.

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  Years, Lazy, Age

  "National Security Depends on the Nation’s Food Security" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2013.

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• Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But in Vietnam, and Iraq we were wrong.

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  War, Iraq, Vietnam

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• Politics creates an almost endless time horizon into the future. ... As governor I had the incredible luxury of being able to dream on a grand scale. And this sense of infinite possibility gives politics its romance.

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  Dream, Luxury, Endless Time

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• There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.

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  Circles, Leaving, Needs

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• The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream.

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  Dream, Children, Journey

  "Pre-School Is Where Upward Mobility Begins" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 14, 2013.

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• Most female CEOs have been more understanding than their male counterparts, of the stress that new mothers experience to 'do it all,' which often means, 'all by themselves.' Why? They've been there. They understand the policies needed to keep women in the workforce.

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  Mother, Stress, Mean

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