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Murder is about power and the more powerful women get the more it will change the good that they do and the bad that they do.


Patricia Cornwell

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PATRICIA SCHROEDER Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER The only study that the federal government has engaged in with a vengeance is in trying to see if th...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never a...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER My entire history with the Navy have been trying to get the Navy to focus on families and child care...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER The Pledge of Allegiance says, 'liberty and justice for all'.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching ...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER Traditional copyright has been that you can't make a full copy of somebody's work without th...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fe...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than oth...
PATRICIA RIGGEN Every single line, every single thing has to be fought over. There's kind of like an intrinsic d...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I am grateful that I'm working, but I also have to say I've worked really, really hard and h...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
PATRICIA RIGGEN The problem of working in a mine, you are inside the belly of the monster, and it controls you. The ...
PATRICIA RIGGEN There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
PATRICIA RIGGEN The idea that women compete or don't like each other or undermine each other or sabotage each ot...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don&#...
PATRICIA RIGGEN Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. A...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave ...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I think the three Mexican directors that came before me did a very good job in Hollywood because the...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.
PATRICIA RIGGEN I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.
PATRICIA RIGGEN I finally, you know, moved to Mexico City, where the film industry is. I started working there as a ...
PATRICIA RIGGEN If your film is in English, it makes it that much easier to get a wide release.
PATRICIA RIGGEN I am tired of having to prove myself constantly, even after being hired. Every single day, every sin...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days afte...
PATRICIA RIGGEN The only thing I have is instinct and intuition and just staying very, very connected to the moments...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I have years of saying ideas that are not listened to. Then, weeks after, of producers finding out t...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was ...
PATRICIA RIGGEN It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It ju...
PATRICIA RIGGEN I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the l...
PATRICIA RIGGEN Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
PATRICIA RIGGEN When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all...
PATRICIA RIGGEN It's a very tricky relationship, the cinematographer and the director as a woman.
PATRICIA RIGGEN I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON I had been a real problem child, but once I got into acting, my parents never had any more trouble w...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON Television is a real woman's medium... but what's disturbing is, still even in television, w...
PATRICIA RICHARDSON Part of the whole L.A. mentality that nothing really matters unless it's a success... is such a ...
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