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Maria Shriver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 6
Actor
Feminist
Journalist
Lawyer
News Presenter
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Maria Owings Shriver
Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger
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We need this city to actually live up to its name-The City of Angels. We need to spread our wings. We need to show that we are more than red carpets, we are more than Hollywood, that we are a city ourselves of open arms. We are a city of generosity and compassion.
Maria Shriver
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Make time in your life to listen to your own voice. Do not let it get drowned out by others. Your voice is yours and yours alone. Stay in touch with it and use it.
Maria Shriver
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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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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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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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Motherhood: 24/7 on the frontlines of humanity. Are you man enough to try it?
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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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When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.
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I’m trying to get away from roles. I used to identify myself strictly in terms of my role, but when your roles fall away, part of you falls with them.
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I stand on the shoulders of women who marched before me.
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Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.
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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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Take off your armor dare to be vulnerable, dare to unwrap yourself, and dare yourself to be yourself.
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Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.
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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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Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible standard.
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I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.
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Investing in women, helping women to achieve their dreams, sending young girls to college. Trying to train young girls to be leaders. Sponsoring the Minerva Awards. All of these programs didn't exist before that help women day in and day out.
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Poetry can startle you, awaken you, make you fall in love, take your breath away. When those words sink in, you'll never look at your life or your journey the same way again.
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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.
Maria Shriver