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Quotes from Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny — Marlo Thomas

born 1937

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I was learning that, even for a woman with power, the path was dotted with land mines—she's so ambitious. she's so aggressive. she's ruthless. "Funny thing," I used to say, "a man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold."

Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny (2010)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marlo Thomas (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.