Gretchen Carlson Quotes

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 setting up a fund to empower girls and women to speak up - on all issues, not just sexual harassment. For me, it's about inspiring women to come together.
I've always been an incredibly strong person, and I've also been underestimated.
I've been for women's empowerment my entire life.
I've been truly blessed to have so many supporters and, of course, blessed to have my family and all my friends.
I've reinvented myself many times in my life. I thought I'd become a concert violinist but burned out at 17. I thought I'd go to law school but became Miss America.
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.
In our society, people look at women who are tenacious, smart, attractive, and talented and for whatever reason say, 'There must be something wrong with that equation. She couldn't possibly be all of those things at once.'
It's so unbelievable that in 2017, almost every single woman has a story about sexual harassment.
Let's teach our girls and boys how to show the same respect to their colleagues in the workplace they show their moms and sisters at home.
Life is about compromise - in relationships and at work.
Maybe it's because I'm short and blond, but people have really underestimated me.
Men need to hire more women and put them in higher positions of power within organizations.
My advice to people who've lost their job: go back to the things that made you from the start.
My career had zero to do with whether or not my husband also worked. It had everything to do with personal identity, personal goals, and making the most of my life.
My grandfather was the minister at the Lutheran church. My dad owned a car dealership in town. My mom was the consummate volunteer and cheerleader for me.
My parents raised me with a never-give-up attitude, telling me I could be anything I wanted to be. I was a serious violinist and a valedictorian of my high school class. I knew all about hard work.
My vibrato was my weakness. With romantic pieces, I could be a lot more schmaltzy. My wider vibrato fit that.
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.
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.
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