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I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.
Maria Shriver
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Maria Shriver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 6
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Maria Owings Shriver
Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger
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More quotes by Maria Shriver
Never think that someone else knows what's best for you. Trust your way and don't ask for so much advice. Learn how to be quiet and still enough to hear your own voice. It's up to you: Your voice will either be silenced or will get to roar.
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I think everybody has tragedy in their life. Everybody has hurdles in their life. Everybody has tough things to overcome. My kids say to me, 'This isn't fair.' I said, 'Life isn't fair.' Everybody has their issues. It's how you handle your issues that distinguishes you.
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Take off your armor dare to be vulnerable, dare to unwrap yourself, and dare yourself to be yourself.
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I was raised by a formidable woman. She always pushed me to be competitive in a man's world. That's maybe one of the attractions to journalism in the beginning. It was a male profession, and I was comfortable in that.
Maria Shriver
We all obsess about what we are doing and accomplishing. What if we let it go and simply made the way we live our lives our accomplishment?
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When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.
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Motherhood: 24/7 on the frontlines of humanity. Are you man enough to try it?
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Creating the Minerva Awards. I really have enjoyed that. I have to say that I moaned and groaned about this job but the way I have it now, I enjoy everything about it... I enjoy giving people service opportunities.
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The big thing is that if you don't try something, you'll always wonder. What could that have been like? What if...?
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Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured lessons that can guide us along our journeys even when they are no longer with us.
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What we heard loud and clear is that the Battle Between the Sexes is over. It was a draw. Now we're engaged in Negotiation Between the Sexes.
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I think that public service is tough on a family - no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.
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I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.
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The Shriver Report presents an accurate and detailed portrait of American women and families at this transformational moment in our history.
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I lost myself in the process and I realized how much I had identified myself with Maria Shriver, newswoman. When that was gone, I had to really sit back and go, 'Well, actually, who am I today?
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In this day and age it's really stupid to be stupid about financial matters. It doesn't do you any good to make money if you don't know what to do with it other than spend it.
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Having children-the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings-is the biggest job anyone can embark on. You have to take a leap of faith and ask lots of people for their help and guidance.
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I'm only asking you to stop every so often and turn off your mobile device, put down the Angry Birds and the Words with Friends and take a moment. Stop to look up and look around. Pause and check in with yourself - and spend a moment there.
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I stand on the shoulders of women who marched before me.
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God puts mentors in your path. They may not look like you, sound like you, or be what you expect. But they always know more that you.
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