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Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.

~Gail Carriger

Topics: About Back Books Character Meaning Most Names Origin Secondary Sometimes Story Tell You

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I had to write something and couldn't think of a plot, so I decided to write a Cinderella story because it already had a plot! Then, when I thought about Cinderella's character, I realized that she was too much of a goody-two-shoes for me, and I would hate her before I finished ten pages.

~Gail Carson Levine

Topics: About Because Before Character Cinderella Decided Finished Had Hate Her Me Much Pages Plot Realized She Something Story Ten Then Think Thought Too Too Much Would Write

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The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, confronted slavery and abolition. As in every other period of crisis, the rules of sexual decorum were suspended due to emergency.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Abolition About America Black Black And White Civil Civil War Confronted Crisis Decorum Due Emergency Every How Middle Other Period Rules Sexual Slavery Suspended War Were White Women

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The history of American women is about the fight for freedom, but it's less a war against oppressive men than a struggle to straighten out the perpetually mixed message about women's role that was accepted by almost everybody of both genders.

~Gail Collins

Topics: About Accepted Against Almost American American Women Both Everybody Fight Freedom History Less Men Message Mixed Oppressive Out Perpetually Role Straighten Struggle Than The History Of War Women

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For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Able About Airplane Big Buy Citizen Country Crucial Deportation Driver Everybody Get Immigrants Just License Nation Out Priority Shadows Stake Stop Sudden Ticket Welfare Whole Worrying

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You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're going on, the people who actually keep the government running are let alone to go about their business. Good old sex scandals.

~Gail Collins

Topics: About Actually Almost Alone Anything Business Colorful Generally Go Going Good Government Keep Know Long Long Run Mean Miss Never Old Over People Really Run Running Scandals Sex While Who You

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Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about women's issues you have to think about women in the world, especially Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

~Gail Collins

Topics: About Africa America Answer Asia Care East Family Find Issues Middle Middle East Pressures Really Think Will Women Work World You

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Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel really happy not inserting myself. I spend too much of my life inserting myself. It's just great to let other people carry the narrative.

~Gail Collins

Topics: About Any Carry Choose Feel Going Great Happy History Insert Just Life Much My Life Myself Narrative Opinion Other People Pick Pick And Choose Really Spend Time Too Too Much Write You Your I Feel

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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.

~Gail Collins

Topics: About Almost Bad Become Caucus Clinton Early Got Had Handle Hillary Hillary Clinton How Judgments President Reasons She States Trait Which Why

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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.

~Gail Collins

Topics: About Being Being There Crazy Despite Going Hardest Hardest Part High Knowing Loved Make Nice Nice People Part People Point Politics Really Some Texas Things Those Unhappy Very Would Write

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