I was just four when a hired teenage field hand attempted to molest me. Miraculously, I got away, and I told my dad. My father made three important choices that day: He listened to me, he believed me, and he took action. I was one of the fortunate ones--I had a childhood.


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It merely says, and I quote, 'equality of rights shall not be denied or abridged by the United State...
CAROLYN MALONEY
Have you tried to understand why the increase in violence even though the amount of policing and mil...
CAROLYN MALONEY
We're apparently not good enough for the Republican convention, ... They would rather stay on a floa...
CAROLYN MALONEY
George W. Bush's first appointment, Dick Cheney, makes it crystal clear that Bush's judicial appoint...
CAROLYN MALONEY
Victims of sexual assault experience traumatic, life-changing events, ... We should work to protect ...
CAROLYN MALONEY
by implying that pro-choice Americans have the same values as terrorists, Hughes insulted millions o...
CAROLYN MALONEY
We have to invest in our infrastructure if we are going to go forward in our city and our state,
CAROLYN MALONEY
I can see you are a former teacher. You are very clear.
CAROLYN MALONEY
I did really gain an appreciation for the strong work ethic of the Japanese people. I had the opport...
CAROLYN LUND
Despite the cultural boundaries, it was easier to live overseas. They would go out of their way to h...
CAROLYN LUND
[The Japanese] have their clocks down to the second; they're never late, so it's always very dependa...
CAROLYN LUND
I realized that I'm not special anymore. I'm just a number. That was hard. I was used to being in th...
CAROLYN LUND
Culture shock was worse coming back than it was going to Japan. My mom had to worry again.
CAROLYN LUND
I remember my second night. I got my first taste of sushi. It was revolting. We kind of jumped right...
CAROLYN LUND
She was his angel, and he was her angel.
CAROLYN LAYNE
Her attention to detail was fabulous. People loved working with her and for her.
CAROLYN LAYNE
We all say the same thing. She was the most gentle, loving person. How could this happen? Who did th...
CAROLYN LAYNE
This was truly horrific and tragic, because they were so close to moving into their dream home. Ever...
CAROLYN LAYNE
She met Daniel right when I met her. They were truly soul mates. ... They're both incredibly passion...
CAROLYN LAYNE
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a...
CAROLYN KENMORE
she said.
CAROLYN JONES
I love books. I've always been involved with books and I wanted to help the library in any way possi...
CAROLYN JONES
to make people aware of the meeting.
CAROLYN JONES
It's so hard. You just want to make it better any way you can.
CAROLYN JONES
It takes my breath away that they do this with volunteers.
CAROLYN JONES
Dr. King's voice was a call to thought and discussion. And that is what we are here to celebrate ton...
CAROLYN JOHNSON
Before this law was passed, a tribal conviction was kind of nowhere.
CAROLYN JOHNSON
The students are selected based on recommendations that come from their instructors and who have dem...
CAROLYN JOHNSON
When I helped out last year, it seemed like it took us longer. So we decided when it was our turn, w...
CAROLYN JOHNSON
You don't see them very often. Also the groin is repeated up here in the fabulous room up in the gra...
CAROLYN JENNINGS
We have all private bathrooms and all private bedrooms leading out to balconies.
CAROLYN JENNINGS
She's having the party a little early in the phase, but she really cares for the community. She has ...
CAROLYN JENNINGS
It's more of an Italian Renaissance feel, but we've added some American feel to it. Even though with...
CAROLYN JENNINGS
During the event we're going to have somebody up there playing the violin.
CAROLYN JENNINGS
We talked a couple of times about what we should do.
CAROLYN JACKSON
It was a difficult campaign, with several major disasters happening all over the world, but, at the ...
CAROLYN JACKSON
We just have to come out and play. This is the time of the year that teams have to step up.
CAROLYN JACKSON
We didn't play our best ball tonight. But at this point in the season we will take the win. We got o...
CAROLYN JACKSON
People will say you lost everything, well no we didn't lose everything because we're here. We're ali...
CAROLYN JACKSON
Our agencies depend on our raising the funds necessary to provide services to those in need in our c...
CAROLYN JACKSON
What a special girl she was. She was quiet, but she was powerful in own right.
CAROLYN JACKSON
We'll be looking at charters of similar-sized cities, what their differences are and whether those d...
CAROLYN JACKSON
We could see what they were in and very hard to deal with. But he's home. Thank God.
CAROLYN JACKSON
Here and there you'd see a tree that was budding or grass trying to grow. There was hope.
CAROLYN HUNTER
Getting Michele back has definitely been a plus.
CAROLYN HUNTER
We didn't start off well; we just didn't have much energy initially. The second half we did a better...
CAROLYN HUNTER
Well, we feel that it's not a good idea because of all the traffic that's out here. The road out her...
CAROLYN HUNTER
We're hoping to put together a stretch of three or four games here that can help us. That's so big -...
CAROLYN HUNTER
It was a great win for us; we really needed this one. We had much better defensive intensity today; ...
CAROLYN HUNTER
Our shots weren't falling, but I thought our defensive effort was a lot better today. We understand ...
CAROLYN HUNTER
He did everything he could to protect himself and come back safely - it just didn't work out that wa...
CAROLYN HOWARD
I feel he should be honored as a hero. He was going to make a career out of the military. He wouldn'...
CAROLYN HOWARD