Faye Wattleton quotes

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership. (Faye Wattleton)
The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent. View quote
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My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world. View quote
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I have never believed in the impossible. View quote
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The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities. View quote
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Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women. View quote
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough. View quote
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One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category. View quote
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I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission. View quote
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This is not a country that has had a tremendous sympathy for poor people, so I think that the notion that somehow we have slipped into an era in which poor people don't matter is not quite the way our history would define it. View quote
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'What can your kids teach you?' Well, I believe something different about kids. We don't own them, they have their own knowledge. From the start you have to make the choice to listen. (Faye Wattleton)
My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order. View quote
Faye Wattleton

Faye Wattleton

Occupation: American Sociologist
Born: July 8, 1943
Quotes count: 12