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I'm ready to move on to the next chapter of my life in which I will redouble my efforts to empower women in the workplace.

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My Life, Next, Which, Chapter

It's so unbelievable that in 2017, almost every single woman has a story about sexual harassment.

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Woman, Single, Almost, Unbelievable

My career had zero to do with whether or not my husband also worked. It had everything to do with personal identity, personal goals, and making the most of my life.

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My Life, Career, Making, Personal Goals

I'm a huge believer in visualizing achieving the task before it happens.

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Achieving, Task, Before, Believer

Once I turned 40, I stopped giving a rip about my detractors, the people who say nasty things. It's more candid and honest than it would have been. I share my failures, which is important.

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Been, About, Turned, Nasty

If you Google me, you'll find plenty of 'dumb blonde' references - even though I graduated with honors from Stanford and studied at Oxford University. I don't let it bother me.

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References, Bother, Though, Honors

Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself.

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Brave, Fearless, Yourself, Stand Up

I respond to every email. I sign every autograph for every person.

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Person, Respond, Sign, Autograph

I have strived to empower women and girls throughout my entire career.

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Career, Empower, Throughout, Women And Girls

I am particularly distressed when people in the public eye who influence our culture perpetuate sexism.

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Particularly, Am, Perpetuate, Public Eye

Holding true to what you believe - even in a big city - is so important.

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Important, Big, Holding, Big City

I've reinvented myself many times in my life. I thought I'd become a concert violinist but burned out at 17. I thought I'd go to law school but became Miss America.

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Law, My Life, Became, Law School

I didn't win Class President in tenth grade. I was too chubby to win a role in the school play 'Oklahoma!' and I didn't make it into a singing and dancing group in high school for the same reason - too fat.

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Dancing, Play, Reason, Chubby

We like to say Miss America is the classy one. It has a talent category. I would have been dead last in Miss USA - I'm five foot three, I'm not a model, and I never wanted to be one.

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Been, Last, USA, Category

I wasn't prepared for the environment I encountered trying to break into television news. In the world of music, where I spent my formative years, we were judged solely on our talent, and gender wasn't a factor.

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Gender, Television News, Our, Factor

I've been truly blessed to have so many supporters and, of course, blessed to have my family and all my friends.

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Been, All My Friends, Many, Supporters

One week after getting married in my thirties - while I was working as the main anchor at the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio - I got fired.

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Week, Fired, Main, CBS

I know, normally folks on TV wouldn't readily admit their age, but since there's nothing you can do about it, you might as well own it and be happy.

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Might, TV, Readily, Normally

Even though we have laws against it and HR departments to handle it, a woman - especially if she is young and just starting out - can never be sure that reporting harassment won't hurt her career.

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Woman, Career, Laws, Reporting

I cling to the hope that with more and more women in the workplace, we can teach younger generations to be respectful and also encourage young women to speak up when they've experienced abuse.

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Abuse, Younger, Young Women, Cling

My parents raised me with a never-give-up attitude, telling me I could be anything I wanted to be. I was a serious violinist and a valedictorian of my high school class. I knew all about hard work.

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Work, Could, Telling, Violinist

When people watch me on TV, they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind the scenes. The child who was a concert violinist from the age of six. The young woman who took on the challenge to compete in the Miss America pageant. The television journalist for twenty-five years.

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My Life, Behind, Compete, Violinist

In our society, people look at women who are tenacious, smart, attractive, and talented and for whatever reason say, 'There must be something wrong with that equation. She couldn't possibly be all of those things at once.'

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Smart, Reason, Our, Possibly

During my whole year as Miss America and afterward, I was calling agents, looking for advice and opportunities. When I was in New York or in Los Angeles doing different appearances, if I had time on my schedule, I tried to meet with executives.

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Advice, Doing, Year, Agents

One of the most important things to do is to raise our kids in a respectful way with both genders.

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The Most Important, Way, Our, Respectful

Half of the equation is men, and right now, unfortunately, men are running the majority of corporations, so we have to make sure that if that is the case, that they are respectful and honor women for their true accomplishments.

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Sure, Half, Equation, Respectful

All women deserve a dignified and respectful workplace in which talent, hard work and loyalty are recognized, revered, and rewarded.

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Deserve, Which, Revered, Respectful

Nothing was ever handed to me. My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can, too.

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Hope, Reach, Handed, Goals

After I won Miss America, I called my dad, who had four kids in college, to say he no longer had to pay for Stanford.

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College, Pay, Dad, Stanford

Sometimes people look at television personalities and say, 'Wow, they've never had any problems.' And I really wanted people to know that hadn't been my path. I want people to know the real me underneath.

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Television, Sometimes, Been, Wow

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