I don’t like a tremendous amount of conflict. I don’t think that fighting and passion are the same thing.
TINA FEYSo, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?”
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I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.
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When humor works, it works because it’s clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.
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I think women dress for other women to let them know what their deal is. Because if women were only dressing for men, there would be nothing but Victoria’s Secret. There would be no Dior.
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There is no one of-woman-born who does not like Red Lobster cheddar biscuits. Anyone who claims otherwise is a liar and a Socialist.
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To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair.
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You transition as a mother from literally just pulling a booger out of that person’s nose whenever you see one until at some point they assert: “No, I’m a person. You can’t fix my underpants on the subway.”
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Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.
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Just say yes and you’ll figure it out afterwards.
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In order to feel safer on his private jet, actor John Travolta has purchased a bomb-sniffing dog. Unfortunately for the actor, the dog came six movies too late.
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You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.
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In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.
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My standard answer is that I have the same struggle as any working parent but with the good fortune to be working at my dream job. Or sometimes I just hand them a juicy red apple I’ve poisoned in my working-mother witch cauldron and fly away.
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Seriously, I’ve just realized that almost everyone is a fraud, so I try not to feel too bad about it.
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My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.
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If you ever start to feel good about yourself… …. they have this thing called the internet.
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