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" I felt that if I shared the lessons that I learned - both the good ones and the bad ones - that I might make the climb a little less painful for other women. "
Dawn Steel
Bad
Little
Painful
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" I don't know that I would say abrasive. In some ways, I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day, and maybe I was insensitive considering the pressures and responsibilities of these jobs. "
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" If the doors are going to close on me, it's a little late. "
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" I was the first studio executive to meet with Sean Penn after 'Taps' in 1981. I was anxious to develop things with him when nobody knew who he was. "
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" I think women's relationships with other women are very complicated and depend on their relationships with their mothers. Mine was fraught with problems. So I didn't necessarily trust women for a long time. "
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" If I can do it, anyone can do it. "
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" I wouldn't want anyone to think that work is the major thing in my life. "
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" Visibility is dangerous because if a guy cuts you off in traffic, you can't call him a name - it might get to the press. "
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" Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike. "
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" The more I can stay on the creative side, the happier I am. "
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" I'd like my epitaph to read 'Given the amount of time she had, she did the best job she could.' Also that I'm a nice person... and a good mother. "
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Job
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" Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you. "
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" I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity. "
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" Some friends of mine had parents who made school a treat, a gift - not something to be endured. "
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Treat
" Working together is the quickest road to marital problems. "
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Working Together
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" When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should. "
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Lose
Temper
" A really hard lesson to learn is that most of the time, it's not about you. "
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Hard
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" We manufacture a culture in the movie business, and whatever we put out creates a dark side and a bright side, too. "
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Dark
Culture
" It's about passion, and if somebody is passionate about a development deal, they're going to get it made. "
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Passionate
Going
" In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day. "
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" I would walk into my office, and I would close the door, and I would say, 'I won't cry, I won't cry, I won't cry'... At least, I wasn't going to let them see me cry. "
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Door
Say
Walk
" What sets Iris Stevenson apart is her success in a system that in no way supports her - with the hardest possible children to convert. "
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" I wanted to be respected by filmmakers, and why should they respect me if they saw that my superiors did not treat me with respect. "
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" The men I worked for didn't look at me as having any gender at all. They regarded me more as a workhorse. "
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Men
" I have to tell you, I'm a great teacher. Ask anybody who worked for me, except some secretaries who weren't very good. "
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Tell
" People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top. "
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" You have to persevere, you have to just not give up, and you have to know what you want. You have to be able to see your dream. "
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Want
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Obsession
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" I felt more comfortable in TV than in the film world where the players were more erudite and intellectual. "
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" In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine? "
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