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" There have been many great newspapermen, but to my mind, only two have achieved immortality: Pulitzer for his endowment and William Randolph Hearst for his castle. "
Nell Scovell
Great
Mind
Two
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" People say, 'Dress for the job you want,' and since I wanted a job that guys had, I dressed like a guy. "
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" One of the most rebellious things a woman can do is allow people to think she's mean. "
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" Like leggings, comedies created by women came into vogue in the late 1980s, exploded in the early '90s, went mainstream in the mid-'90s, and were shoved into the back of the closet around 1997. "
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" The average career span for a TV writer is 11 years. The only other thing I could find that had the same career span was a police dog. "
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" If women who don't help women get a special circle in hell, I think women who do help women should get a special cloud in heaven. "
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" The more successful you are as a man, the more you're liked. And the more successful you are as a woman, the more you're disliked. "
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" Moral licensing comes into play when people rely on past behavior to dismiss current prejudiced behavior. This is better known as the 'Some of my best friends are...' defense. "
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" By June 1990, I'd racked up 'written by' credits on both 'Newhart' and 'The Simpsons.' "
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" In the writers' room, I know the difference when someone brushes up against me and makes a sexist crack and when they've stepped over the line and made me feel uncomfortable and unsafe. "
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" Broad City's first season is full of moments that are insane... and yet make total sense. "
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" Hollywood is hard on everyone, but it really is harder on women and people of color. "
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" One of the great things about being in entertainment is you have access to the media. People pay attention to you. "
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" I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad. "
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" I'm a little sad that they actually came up with the metaphor of waves for feminism. By definition, a wave goes in, and it comes out. I would really like it to be a tsunami that creates a flood that forever changes the landscape. "
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" Like Lindsay Lohan and Lauren Conrad, Barack Obama is addicted to his BlackBerry. "
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" I think, in all fields, there's this motherhood pay penalty where, the second you become a mother - and this is true whether you give birth or adopt - you're perceived to not be as committed to your job. Whereas men are perceived as breadwinners who now need more money and promotions because they're fathers. "
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" Writing for TV made way more sense than writing for magazines. And by sense, I mean money. "
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" I'm on the board of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which is run by Dr. Stacy Smith - she conceived of the inclusion rider. What I love about the inclusion rider is it uses the fact that Hollywood is based on hierarchies, and it knows that these key players have persuasive power. "
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Run
She
" For thirty years, I've been hearing that it's getting better for women. And until I see statistical proof over enough years that that's true, I won't believe it. "
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Women
Believe
Getting Better
" Studies do show that in hierarchical structures, you do get more harassment. There's more power concentrated at the top, which means there's more abuse of power concentrated at the top. And every TV show is very much a hierarchy. "
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" When threatened, the nervous system sometimes goes into a 'freeze response.' You assess the risk and determine that fight or flight doesn't help you. Staying put does. "
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" Arts are a luxury, proof that a civilization has risen above 'politics and war.' "
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" It's notoriously difficult to get actors to go on record speaking about other actors. Such requests are usually met with terse replies from publicists explaining that their clients are on set and too busy to reply. "
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" In TV, you look to make characters consistent, but in real life, we're not consistent. Sometimes we're brave, and sometimes we're not. Sometimes we're very aggressive, and sometimes we back right down. "
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" The first Emmys I went to was in 1990 when the five nominees for best comedy were 'Designing Women,' 'Golden Girls,' 'Murphy Brown,' 'Cheers,' 'Wonder Years.' Three and a half were created by women. "
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" If I were to write a sequel to 'Lean In' for men, I would call it 'Make Room.' "
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" I think I'm funnier in my writing than in person. "
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I Think
" Hollywood is built on relationships, and the way you keep relationships is by playing nice. "
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Way
" Everyone - male and female - is biased. But no one wants to admit it, so our brains search for examples that disprove the accusation. "
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Our
" When I write, I feel like an optometrist, constantly flipping between lenses and asking, 'Is this better? Is this?' Slowly, the work comes into focus. "
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