They still are skeptical. Across the board, whether she's a rookie or the most experienced fire service woman, when a woman walks through a door she has to prove she can do that job. When a man walks through the door, it's assumed he can do that job and has to prove that he can't.


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COLLEEN HOOVER
I turn and look at them, at both halves of my heart, cuddled tightly together in a bed of irony.
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Love. Love is not found. Love finds
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and that's where love finds you... in the tragedies.
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You did everything you could, but sometimes all the love in the world from mothers and brothers isn'...
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Do me a favor?”
Anything. I’ll do anything you ask me to, so long as you’re shirtless...
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When I walked into your room and sat down beside you on the bed, I felt it.
I felt you give...
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COMPLETELY.
Utterly.
Frozen.
My eyes drop to the table in front of me when she fin...
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He’s quiet for a minute, then grins again. “I can’t believe you think I’m hot.”
“S...
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You want to know my sweet?" I ask her.

She nods.

I kiss her on the forehead. "...
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There are people you meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already ...
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My name is Olivia King

I am five years old.

My mother bought me a balloon. I r...
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For once in my life, I was here and nowhere else.
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whatever it is you're running from-it goes with you. it stays with you until you find out how to con...
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It's not just lies they're referring to. It's life. You can't run to another town, ano...
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That's not a good idea.
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Always remember there is nothing worth sharing, like the love that let us share our name.
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I've never regretted it. Questioned it? Sure. But never regretted."

"Is there a di...
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respect the hand that I was dealt. And to be grateful I was even dealt a hand.
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Understanding a situation doesn't always make it easier
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God Layken. How do you do it? she says. She blows her nose and grabs another tissue out of the box. ...
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Life wants you to fight it.
Learn how to make it your own.
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BLUE SWEATER

Bom Bom...
Bom Bom...
Bom Bom...

Do you hear tha...
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Life happens. Shit happens. And it happens a lot. To a lot of people.
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If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die.
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Find a balance between head and heart.
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According to the thesaurus... and according to me... there are over thirty different meanings and su...
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Choose your battles, but don't choose very many.
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Sometimes life gets in your way.
it gets all up in your damn way. COLLEEN HOOVER
Push your boundaries, that's what they're there for.
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There are three questions every woman should be able to answer yes to before they commit to a man. I...
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I could go on all night, Lake. I could go on and on and on about all the reasons I’m in love with ...
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This girl is the rest of my life.
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What rules?”

“Well, for one, I’m not allowed to break your heart,” he says. “Se...
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As a man, I instantly became aware of the gold in her hair, her height measured against mine, and ho...
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I really like the original Apes costumes. The colors were great, and the use of heavy materials was ...
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I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted l...
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Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there ...
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Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it rea...
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Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up a...
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As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are ...
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What we wanted to create for the film was a sensual feeling using the traditional Japanese kimono as...
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I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people's minds. I do think ther...
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I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people's minds. I do think ther...
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It is such a pretty type of clothing. I can imagine people liking it and it's very wearable.
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By the end of the day [Friday, Sept. 1] we had clothes and food.
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We didn't have any hope, either.
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We knew it would be months before we could go back.
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The engine of my car blew up. So there we were by the side of the road, with no way to go any furthe...
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The ladies at the food stamp office started calling around. And by the time we left the office, we h...
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