Mika Brzezinski Quotes

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• I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

  Mika Brzezinski

  People, Experts, Realizing

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• Don't apologize for asking for what you deserve.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Simple, Asking, What You Deserve

  "‘Morning Joe’ Co-Host Mika Brzezinksi’s Favorite Things" by Miller Mobley, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 28, 2013.

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• My parents found me very difficult to educate.

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  Parent, Found, Difficult

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• We have to unclutter our brains from worries that maybe people don't like us. Women tend to worry about popularity; it doesn't matter if they like you. They need to respect you. They need to show that respect for you in your pay check. And that needs to be okay.

  Mika Brzezinski

  People, Worry, Brain

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• Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.

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  Everyday, Knows, Reminding

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• I absolutely tore George W. Bush to shreds, despite the fact I knew the guy personally and I actually campaigned for him in 2000. It's our job to just call it like we see it whether these people are our friends or not.

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  Jobs, People, Guy

  Source: wwd.com

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• When the President of the United States attacks a movie star it is undignified and it casts a poor light on the United States of America. When the President of the United States attacks a sitting judge and questions his legitimacy, that actually can lead to a Constitutional crisis.

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  Stars, America, Light

  Source: wwd.com

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• My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Morning, Mistake, Salary

  "Mika Brzezinski Speaks: How Getting Fired Saved My Career". Interview with Anna Maltby, www.marieclaire.com. January 28, 2011.

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• We have an almost desperate need for more women to run for office and for more women to really gut it out after they have kids and stay in their jobs and get to high positions in companies. We need women at the top more than ever. We need women's voices there because they are very different than men's voices and they bring a very valuable and necessary point of view to the table.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Running, Jobs, Kids

  Source: wwd.com

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• If we can't quantify and communicate our value with confidence, the achievements of the tremendous women before us will have all been for nothing.

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  Achievement, Communicate, Ifs

  Mika Brzezinski (2012). “Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth”, p.186, Weinstein Books

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• I think women have a hard time not apologizing their way into negotiations. We tend to back in to these conversations in a self-deprecating and ultimately self-defeating way.

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  Hard Times, Thinking, Self

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• I personally know Donald Trump, and I know a lot of amazing really kind acts that he's done one-on-one with people. And the candidate that I see is not the person I know.

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  People, Done, Kind

  "Morning Joe" with Mika Brzezinski, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 4, 2016.

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• I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.

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  Morning, Water, Sound

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• Donald Trump needs mental-health help.

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  Needs, Helping, Mental Health

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• I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being 'let go.'

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  Birthday, Letting Go, Years

  "Getting Fired And How It Teaches You To Be A Better Parent" by Mika Brzezinski, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• The odds are definitely better on getting the right job than getting a good partner for life. Someone who will grow with you. Someone to develop memories with. Someone who was there in the beginning. Someone who will be there at the end.

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  Jobs, Memories, Odds

  "Don’t Forget To Have Kids" by Mika Brzezinski, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows.

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  Girl, Good Night, Goodnight

  "Work-Life Balance? Puh-leaase!" by Mika Brzezinski, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Being unemployed has so many real and palpable ramifications but there are also psychological side effects which you can only understand if youve truly lived through it.

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  Real, Sides, Psychological

  "Losing Your Job And Learning What You’re Made Of" by Mika Brzezinski, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it. People will know what you're saying is a cover-up for how you really feel - embarrassed, discouraged, and afraid.

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  Lying, People, Cover Ups

  "Getting Fired And How It Teaches You To Be A Better Parent" by Mika Brzezinski, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• My family was always active, and our thing was family walks. Not walks around the block, but more like eight-mile hikes up mountains.

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  Block, Eight, Mountain

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• Often I feel like I can run forever. If someone told me I had to run for 10 hours, I probably could.

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  Running, Forever, Hours

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• If my mother were running for president and talked about a Muslim ban, I'd call her a bigot. If my mother claimed she didn't know who David Duke was when I knew she did, I'd say that's disqualifying. If my mother called an Indiana judge a Mexican, I would say that's a bigoted remark.

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  Mother, Running, Judging

  Source: wwd.com

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• The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my familys relationship with each other.

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  Baby, Self, Needs

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• Why don't these companies making big profits just pay people better than $14 an hour? It's kind of simple. When you're making record profits, why not? I don't get it.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Simple, People, Why Not

  "How Liberals Think: Mika Says 'It's Kind Of Simple' - Employers Should Just Pay Workers More". Interview with Joe Scarborough, www.newsbusters.org. December 11, 2012.

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• Finding a job is hard enough, but have you ever considered the odds and the challenges of finding a good man?

  Mika Brzezinski

  Jobs, Men, Odds

  "Don’t Forget To Have Kids" by Mika Brzezinski, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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