Latest Paula Broadwell Quotes from Interviews

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• My local paper, The New York Times, Yahoo News, CBS, and The Washington Post, all agreed to stop using the word 'mistress.' The big one was the Associated Press. They made a style change, and it's the gold standard that sets the guide for news outlets around the world. That's a small step for the American language, a medium step for feminism, and a huge step for me personally.

  Paula Broadwell

  New York, Style, Mistress

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• We [in Think Broader.] went through and looked at coverage in different industries and were able to point out to newsrooms that they had these hidden biases. We'd do a review and provide a report card, and provide our suggestion on how to avoid bias.

  Paula Broadwell

  Thinking, Suggestions, Different

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• Sometime ago, I teamed up with a former Marine attack helicopter pilot. We were both frustrated by biased coverage of women in the military and said, let's form some kind of nonprofit entity where we can start highlighting the prevalence of bias in the media.

  Paula Broadwell

  Military, Marine, Media

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.

  Paula Broadwell

  Thinking, Influence, Trump

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• Imagine what Ivanka Trump life has been like? She's been eaten alive by the media. I have empathy for that.

  Paula Broadwell

  Media, Empathy, Alive

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I think Ivanka Trump she has this power and powerful women are reaching out to her and she needs to take advantage of that.

  Paula Broadwell

  Powerful, Thinking, Needs

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I think Donald Trump is the best person for the job. It comes back to redemption campaign rhetoric. They all say that stuff.[Barack] Obama and [Hillary] Clinton said that about each other.

  Paula Broadwell

  Jobs, Thinking, Campaigns

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more writers are cognizant of the problems and are willing to try to challenge them.

  Paula Broadwell

  Feminist, Challenges, Trying

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I was incredulous as the bias of the media in terms of the candidates [for presidency]. I was incredulous at the fake news.

  Paula Broadwell

  Media, Fake, News

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• It really felt like a tidal wave of bias washed over our country and we're still soaked in it.

  Paula Broadwell

  Country, Wave, Bias

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I don't have the advocates. I don't have a good old boys network. Part of what I want to do is to create a good old girls network.

  Paula Broadwell

  Girl, Boys, Want

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• My peers are all in sensitive jobs - at the C.I.A., the National Security Council, working for the Department of Defense. They can't stand up for me in public.

  Paula Broadwell

  Jobs, Defense, Peers

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I haven't had senators advocating for me.

  Paula Broadwell

  Advocating, Senators, Havens

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• The national media don't know me. They know the caricature that was created of me by journalists who were frankly jealous of my access. And it was a very negative caricature. There's this propensity for blaming a woman. It comes down to implicit bias. There are so many studies that show this.

  Paula Broadwell

  Jealous, Media, Negative

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• You can reclaim your own narrative.

  Paula Broadwell

  Narrative

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• You need to accept responsibility for your mistakes. And I've done that.

  Paula Broadwell

  Mistake, Responsibility, Needs

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I want to serve. I love my country. I love service above self and I don't want my talents to go to waste. I also want to send a message to other men and women who've tripped over themselves, or over life: that you need to serve your time in purgatory.

  Paula Broadwell

  Country, Men, Self

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• If Ivanka Trump called, I think good people need to serve.

  Paula Broadwell

  Thinking, People, Needs

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• [Fighting for equality for women] that's what my mission has been for the last years.

  Paula Broadwell

  Fighting, Years, Lasts

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I'm 100 percent serious. I've been fighting for equality for women's issues my entire life, in the military included.

  Paula Broadwell

  Military, Fighting, Issues

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I've moved on with my life and I'm trying to find a path to re-establish my career.

  Paula Broadwell

  Careers, Trying, Path

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• When I get this kind of support, I feel validated in my decision to stand up for myself.

  Paula Broadwell

  Support, Decision, Kind

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• It's part of the reason I decided to speak out now. This was the tipping point for me. If it's O.K. for [David Petraeus ] to campaign for a job in the administration, then I'm going to campaign to get back out there, too.

  Paula Broadwell

  Jobs, Speaks Out, Tipping

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I just genuinely believe in the concept of redemption and renewal, so I was happy. When I get beyond my feelings, I had my own family and friends and so many women across America come to me and say their blood was boiling, asking me how this could happen.

  Paula Broadwell

  Believe, Blood, America

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• I'm really happy for [David Petraeus]. He's exceptionally talented.

  Paula Broadwell

  Really Happy