Madeleine M. Kunin Quotes

American - Diplomat Born: September 28, 1933

When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.

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Nature Spring Change Light

Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.

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Children Learn Compromise How

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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Women Men Me Video Games

Most babies know how to win us over. We cannot help but smile at them and watch them smile back.

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Smile Win Know Help

Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.

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Diversity Body Solution Opinion

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

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Wait Succeed Speak Connections

It's time for male leaders to not only ask for binders of qualified women, but to re-write the definition of 'qualified.' The best man for the job, may in fact, be a woman, whose biography is not traditional, but is rich with experiences and skills that are not necessarily learned either in school or on the job.

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Women Woman Best Time

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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Women Woman Bias Being

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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Women Leadership Power Excuses

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

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Key Obesity Seems Malnutrition

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

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Job Treasure Worker Description

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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Family Work Woman Time

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

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Generosity Greed Goodness Selfishness

Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

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Education Childhood Birth Early

Sometimes compromise is painful.

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Sometimes Painful Compromise

Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.

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Emotion Statistics Us Two

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

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Women Power Word Explosive

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

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Colors New Gray England

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

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Serious Building Place Begin

The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.

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Family Simple Best Struggle

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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Work Attitude Good Change

As for a fantasy life, working women are more likely to fantasize about finding the perfect child care provider who she can both trust and afford. She might also fantasize that tonight her husband will both shop for and cook dinner.

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Life Women Trust Husband

A source of conflict for women everywhere is the pull between reproduction and production. Women worldwide have difficulty in balancing their dual roles as caregivers and providers.

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Women Conflict Difficulty Source

Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.

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Women Failure Vote Impossible

One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.

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Business People Thinking World

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

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World See Human Lens

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