Quotes About Progress

I feel really proud of myself for helping to put the ladies' game out there.

I feel like every year there's a thing about 'not enough roles for ladies!' and, then, also an article, like 'The Year of The Woman.' I think that we all just know in our hearts they're underrepresented. But that doesn't mean that there aren't amazing moments.

When the Ladies Chess Club was founded in London in 1895 and the first international women-only competition took place two years later, most clubs and competitions didn't accept women at all.

I think Li Na and some other Chinese ladies have done so many amazing things for Asian tennis.

There were no Asian lads boxing when I started.

I was only 24 years old when a lady called Sabina Sehgal Saikia - the then 'Delhi Times' editor - asked me to host the 'Times Food Guide Awards,' so it was with The 'Times of India' that my career began in this field.

I'm all for having an empowered first lady who can really use that position to improve conditions, be a role model and make change.

Good films and good performances will help you go further in your career. You can't get too far by just choosing leading lady roles.

Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.

Dick Gregory and Richard Pryor laid the groundwork for us as Indian-Americans. How can we add our story to their groundwork is the question.

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.

We laid the foundation before we went to a major label.

I have been constantly shaping and reshaping my career. I laid a foundation by doing respectful work in all media. And I am happy with what I have done.

The vision that we laid out in 2004 was designed, at best, for a 10-year period. And it was pretty clear that the vision that we laid out in 2004 by the time we arrived in 2010-11 was not working anymore.

I still feel like there are so many things that I have to do to really become an icon. I've done a lot and laid down a lot of groundwork, but there's so much more work to be done. There's a lot more that I want to do, LGBTQ centers that I want to open. After I leave my legacy, then I will be that icon.

I've truly grown up in Salt Lake. I've become a man, and I've become a professional.

In my two and a half years with the Lakers, I didn't win much games.

In some ways, I lament the introduction of civilisation on such a huge scale, because it has given us a lot of room to abuse each other, which we continue to do.

Life is given to you like a flat piece of land and everything has to be done. I hope that when I am finished, my piece of land will be a beautiful garden, so there is a lot of work.

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

I've always wanted to land a 1080, it's been a beast of a burden for me.

The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.

For me, it all started with 'Phoonk' around 2008 and then I landed a couple of more films and then came 'Makkhi.'

Baltimore has been a punchline/punching bag for years - I've landed a few blows, to be fair - but those old jokes are out of touch.