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" All women deserve a dignified and respectful workplace in which talent, hard work and loyalty are recognized, revered, and rewarded. "

Gretchen Carlson

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" One week after getting married in my thirties - while I was working as the main anchor at the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio - I got fired. "

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" Let's teach our girls and boys how to show the same respect to their colleagues in the workplace they show their moms and sisters at home. "

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" In our society, people look at women who are tenacious, smart, attractive, and talented and for whatever reason say, 'There must be something wrong with that equation. She couldn't possibly be all of those things at once.' "

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" One of my proudest moments in life was earning the valedictorian medal in high school. I worked so hard for it! "

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" During the time I was Miss America, I had come to New York City because I had decided I wanted to try to get into television. "

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" We need a woman in the White House right now. I really think that women want to work together. "

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" If you Google me, you'll find plenty of 'dumb blonde' references - even though I graduated with honors from Stanford and studied at Oxford University. I don't let it bother me. "

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" I defend CNN! I defend all sorts of people when I think it's wrong. "

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" Sexual harassment can really affect you for a long time, and I want more women to come forward. "

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" I'm a huge believer in visualizing achieving the task before it happens. "

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" I didn't win Class President in tenth grade. I was too chubby to win a role in the school play 'Oklahoma!' and I didn't make it into a singing and dancing group in high school for the same reason - too fat. "

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" Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself. "

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" I've reinvented myself many times in my life. I thought I'd become a concert violinist but burned out at 17. I thought I'd go to law school but became Miss America. "

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" Arbitration clauses have become prevalent in most corporate agreements or contracts for employees. "

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" To this day, I have an open door policy. I seek out interns and young women and try to help them. Women mentors were important to me, and I want to do that for others. "

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" After I won Miss America, I called my dad, who had four kids in college, to say he no longer had to pay for Stanford. "

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" I took off the makeup and stashed the crown, and now I was just another young woman out in the world. It's almost dizzying how fast the fame goes away - like a stage that turns dark at the end of a performance. "

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" We like to say Miss America is the classy one. It has a talent category. I would have been dead last in Miss USA - I'm five foot three, I'm not a model, and I never wanted to be one. "

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" I believe giving back is one of the greatest life lessons we can teach our children: that the world isn't all about them and that, through our actions, people will really discover what kind of a person we truly are. "

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" I do think we need to find common ground on some of these major issues facing our nation. "

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" I've always been an incredibly strong person, and I've also been underestimated. "

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" My grandfather was the minister at the Lutheran church. My dad owned a car dealership in town. My mom was the consummate volunteer and cheerleader for me. "

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" I actually always say that I have a son and a daughter, but I work more for my son, because I want him to respect women when he gets into the real world like he respects his mom right now. "

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" Trust is the most important aspect of being a journalist. If people don't trust or find you relatable - you will not have success. "

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" We all remember growing up with mean girls, right? "

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" One of the most important things to do is to raise our kids in a respectful way with both genders. "

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" Even though we have laws against it and HR departments to handle it, a woman - especially if she is young and just starting out - can never be sure that reporting harassment won't hurt her career. "

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" Hearing that I had a 3 percent chance of ever having kids was one of the more devastating moments in my life. "

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" For all of you out there who don't know what 'ignoramus' is, it's an ignorant lawyer. "

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