“Raising a daughter is an extremely political act in this culture. Mothers have been placed in a no-win situation with their daught ers: if they teach their daughters simply how to get along in a world that has been shaped by men and male desires, then they betray their daughters' potential But, if they do not, they leave their daughters adrift in a hostile world without survival strategies.” IfsMenWorldHas BeensPoliticalMotherDesireCultureWinningSituationTeachSurvivalDaughterStrategyMalesBetrayHostileMother DaughterAdrift Author:Elizabeth Debold
“I want to thank my daughter, who told me, 'If you don't win, Dad, you're still good,' ... who taught me how to act.” IfsWantStillsWinningTaughtDadDaughterMy DaughterThankfulness Author:Jamie Foxx
“This life is a war we are not yet winning for our daughters' children. Don't do your enemies' work for them. Finish your own.” ChildrenWarLife IsPoetryWinningEnemyFeminismPoetDaughterPerseveranceThis LifeOur Daughter Book:Moon Is Always Female Source: Moon Is Always Female
“The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question, it's an American one. Protecting the democracy that we ask our sons and daughters to die for is our responsibility and our trust. Demanding accountability from our leaders is our job as citizens. It's the American way. So may the truth win out.” WayMayWarJobsDiesAsksWinningResponsibilityLeaderDemocracySonCitizensRepublicanDaughterDemocraticIraqConservativeAccountabilityMisledSon And Daughter Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I've never experienced- besides the birth of my two daughters-the feeling of winning a world championship in New York in the new stadium. It's something I'll never forget.” WorldTwoFeelingsWinningForgetNew YorkBirthDaughterNever ForgetChampionshipStadiumsTwo Daughters Author:Alex Rodriguez
“In that first national election after 9/11 in France, Jean-Marine Le Pen did not win the presidency, but he did get to the final round. He was in the general election. Now, this week, in the first national elections in France after what many people have been calling the French 9/11, the attacks in Paris three weeks ago, this time it`s Jean-Marie Le Pen`s daughter, Marine Le Pen and the National Front, which is still a far right pseudo- fascistic party, they came in first place in France.” PeopleFirstsHas BeensStillsThreeWinningPartyWeekFrontsCallingDaughterElectionFinalsRoundsFranceParisPensPresidencyMarinePseudoMarieGeneral Elections Author:Rachel Maddow
“I've been away from my two daughters at a very important time in their life.'I have missed most of Girl Scout cookie season.Last night Zahra, my youngest called me up and said :"Daddy how come we never sell the most cookies? How come Mrs. Dunn wins every year?"'” YearsSaidTwoImportantLastsNightGirlWinningDaughterSeasonsSellsDaddyLast NightCookiesTwo DaughtersGirl Scout Author:Chris Rock
“Two sons, they'll both be presidents after they win their Nobel Prizes. And the daughters, they'll be prima ballerinas before they become the president of Princeton and start their Internet company. And I just started to think about What's the conventional load of those expectations you carry around? You have to pull them out one by one and smash them in the corner. You realize the pile is quite high. But in a way, it becomes oddly liberating to do that.” ThinkingWayTwoWinningPresidentRealizingCompanySonInternetExpectationsDaughterCornersPrizeLoadConventionalLiberatingNobelNobel PrizeBallerinaPrinceton Author:Ron Suskind
“Those are all real things that I experienced, not with [my daughters] growing up but with the, you know - I'm trying not to step into something and get a call, "Dad why'd you say that?"! But we'd go to games [where score wasn't kept], and I'd get it, but I wouldn't get it, because I think there's a real value in winners and losers, in not everybody getting a trophy - it makes you work hard, you appreciate what it takes, to say, "Why didn't we win?" You shouldn't be condemned for losing.” ThinkingKnowsTryingRealHardValuesGamesWinningStepsGrowing UpGrowingHard WorkDadLosingDaughterAppreciateWinnerScoreMy DaughterLoserReal ThingsTrophiesReal ValueWinner And Loser Author:Billy Crystal
“I have to say my relationship with the horses is the biggest thing, and it grows. I love horses more and more every day, and I'm breeding, so when I'm playing a horse that's the son of a horse, the daughter of a horse I used to play, it's like bonding. So I think that's the most amazing part of it. It's the passion that we polo players have for the horses first, and then the game and the strategy of the game and winning and the team and your teammates, all of those things are a big part of it, but the horses are my favorite part.” ThinkingPassionWinningPlayerTeamSonDaughterHorseStrategyMy FavoriteTeammateMost Amazing Author:Nacho Figueras
“I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.” BelieveDesireWinningI BelieveDifferencesBoysDaughterDon't BelieveBiologyNurtureOur DaughterSocializingSocializationDesire To Win Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? - not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers?” IfsThinkingMenWarHelpingMightMotherOrderFightingWinningCollegeBrotherDaughterAdvantageEducatedCambridgeEducated Man Book:Three Guineas Source: Three Guineas
“But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. -Ying Ying” WayGivingSpiritMotherWinningDaughterMother LoveI Will Win Author:Amy Tan
“So this is what I will do. I will gather together my past and look. I will see a thing that has already happened. the pain that cut my spirit loose. I will hold that pain in my hand until it becomes hard and shiny, more clear. And then my fierceness can come back, my golden side, my black side. I will use this sharp pain to penetrate my daughter's tough skin and cut her tiger spirit loose. She will fight me, because this is the nature of two tigers. But I will win and giver her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter.” WayLooksTwoHardUseHandsPainTogetherPastSpiritMotherFightingWinningSidesBlackClearCuttingHappenedDaughterToughSkinsGoldenMy DaughterTigersPenetrateGiverMy PastMother LoveFiercenessI Will WinTough Skin Book:The Joy Luck Club Source: The Joy Luck Club
“I had to get some things right in my personal life. And once I got my family on the same page, to understand who I am and what I do for a living, I asked my oldest daughter, 'What do you think about Daddy coming back?' And she said, 'I didn't think you were done. I want you to win the Super Bowl.'” ThinkingWantSaidDoneMotherWinningPagesDaughterMy FamilyWho I AmBowlsI Want YouPersonal LifeDaddyComing BackSuper Bowl Author:Randy Moss