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" When people watch me on TV, they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind the scenes. The child who was a concert violinist from the age of six. The young woman who took on the challenge to compete in the Miss America pageant. The television journalist for twenty-five years. "

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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. "

Gretchen Carlson

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Important

Help

" Nothing was ever handed to me. My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can, too. "

Gretchen Carlson

Hope

Inspire

" I'm ready to move on to the next chapter of my life in which I will redouble my efforts to empower women in the workplace. "

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

" I cling to the hope that with more and more women in the workplace, we can teach younger generations to be respectful and also encourage young women to speak up when they've experienced abuse. "

" When people don't want to debate you on the smart issues of the day, it's just a lot easier to call you a dumb blonde from Fox. "

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

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

" I've been truly blessed to have so many supporters and, of course, blessed to have my family and all my friends. "

" I wanted to see how much of an insult it was to be called an ignoramus. I didn't know what it meant; I just Googled it. "

" The political scenario has gotten so divisive - not only in Washington, D.C., but across the country, too. "

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

" 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. "

Gretchen Carlson

You

Google

" A lot of people who have come up to me at restaurants - men - and have said, 'I want to shake your hand, because I have daughters'. "

Gretchen Carlson

Men

Said

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wasn't prepared for the environment I encountered trying to break into television news. In the world of music, where I spent my formative years, we were judged solely on our talent, and gender wasn't a factor. "

" Sometimes when women come forward about sexual harassment, they're seen as a troublemaker. "

" I wasn't naive, but at the end of my Miss America year, when two different executives attacked me during what I thought were informational interviews about jobs, I was shocked. I didn't see it coming, and the worst thing about it was the shame I felt, as if I'd done something wrong. "

Gretchen Carlson

Shame

Done

" A lot of stories that aren't true get out into the mainstream, and it's hard to correct that. People want to hear what they already believe. "

" 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. "

" Once I turned 40, I stopped giving a rip about my detractors, the people who say nasty things. It's more candid and honest than it would have been. I share my failures, which is important. "

" I always wanted to have a really successful career, but I always wanted to be a mom, too. "

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

" My vibrato was my weakness. With romantic pieces, I could be a lot more schmaltzy. My wider vibrato fit that. "

Gretchen Carlson

Pieces

Romantic

" The future is wide open. I may actually go back and get that law degree someday. "

Gretchen Carlson

Degree

Open

" I grew up thinking that I could be anything I wanted to be in this world because my mom told me that every single night. "

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

" I am saddened by the prevalence of powerful men disrespecting and objectifying women - and getting away with it for years. "

" I am particularly distressed when people in the public eye who influence our culture perpetuate sexism. "