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PATRICIA SCHROEDER Registration is a World War II response, and we need a 1980 solution. PATRICIA SCHROEDER It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are ... PATRICIA SCHROEDER The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their proces... PATRICIA SCHROEDER One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of ... PATRICIA SCHROEDER When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?' PATRICIA SCHROEDER Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on. PATRICIA SCHROEDER You measure a government by how few people need help. PATRICIA SCHROEDER The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can. PATRICIA SCHROEDER If the search engines don't respect the creators, there won't be anything to search in the f... 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