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The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.

~Gail Collins

Topics: About American American Women Continents Crossing Getting History Home Jobs Leaving Leaving Home Living Oceans Own The History Of Women

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Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Sojourner Truth, Dorothy Dix.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Defined Dorothy Fact Heroines Like National Never Our Some Susan Truth Were

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Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have recognized or identified. And it's really only been since Jackie Kennedy that there's been this idea that the family life of the president is such a central thing.

~Gail Collins

Topics: American American History Been Central Could Even Family Family Life First History Idea Identified Impact Jackie Kennedy Ladies Life Made One Or Two Only People President Really Recognized Roosevelt Since Thing Two Until Who

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Certainly Nancy Reagan had an extraordinary effect on her husband. I'm truly not sure that, say, Laura Bush had that much effect on the Bush administration. She certainly, you know, seems to be a nice person who I think the public likes. But I can't really put my finger on any huge impact she's had.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Administration Any Bush Bush Administration Certainly Effect Extraordinary Finger Had Her Huge Huge Impact Husband Impact Know Laura Likes Much Nancy Nice Nice Person Person Public Put Reagan Really Say Seems She Sure Think Truly Who You I Think

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Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the '70s of women who were mayors who couldn't get credit unless their husbands signed for them.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Because Billy Cards Cases Could Credit Get Had He Her Husband Husbands Jean King Know Law Law School Mayors School She Sign Signed Them Unless Were Who Wimbledon Winning Women You

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My all-time favorite program in my entire life was 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'

~Gail Collins

Topics: All-Time Buffy Entire Entire Life Favorite Life Program Slayer Vampire

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As long as we decline to allow sick, uninsured people to just lie down and die on the side of the road, everybody has to have insurance for the health care system to work sanely.

~Gail Collins

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Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to bribe businesses in another state to move? Which then causes the target state to use taxpayer dollars to try to bribe the businesses to stay.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Against Another Bribe Businesses Causes Dollars Law Money Move Say Should State Stay Target Taxpayer Then Think Try Use Which I Think

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I think voters want somebody who understands their problems. You're right that they don't expect the president to fix everything. When he's wrestling with Congress and Wall Street and the rest of the world, they hope he'll be looking at things from their vantage point.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Congress Everything Expect Fix He Hope Looking Point President Problems Rest Right Somebody Street Things Think Understands Vantage Voters Wall Wall Street Want Who World Wrestling You I Think

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You know what Americans are really sensitive to? Issues of fairness. I think this is a modern phenomenon, born of the civil rights movement. Once you convince Americans that something is basically unfair, you've got a winning cause.

~Gail Collins

Topics: American Basically Born Cause Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Convince Fairness Got Issues Know Modern Movement Once Phenomenon Really Rights Rights Movement Sensitive Something Think Unfair Winning You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: November 25th, 1945

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