Even when you've made mistakes in life, you can still contribute and pick up the stuff and move on. Paula Broadwell More Quotes by Paula Broadwell More Quotes From Paula Broadwell I was an academic and I lost my assignment at Harvard. Meanwhile, [David Petraeus] gets invited to Harvard to become a fellow. Paula Broadwell assignments academic lost It's reducing my entire professional career and background to this one word [mistress]. Paula Broadwell mistress reducing careers The word is a label and I don't like it at all. Paula Broadwell labels I was a Ph.D. student at a very reputable university, I was a Harvard research associate at one of the world's premier leadership institutions. Paula Broadwell research students world As a feminist, I'll wear whatever I want to. Paula Broadwell feminist want If I'm strong, I'm not going to apologize for being strong. Paula Broadwell apologizing strong ifs I think the public doesn't understand that one of the reasons I haven't stood up for myself is because in order to do that, I have to stoop to a level that further humiliates other people. Paula Broadwell order people thinking I also feel like I've done plenty of wrong things. I'm not innocent here, and I'm certainly not going to be righteous about that. Paula Broadwell innocent righteous done As an intelligence officer, if you don't have a security clearance, you really don't have a job. My military position was, and has been, frozen, for four years. Paula Broadwell military jobs years I had been working on a second book with [David] Petraeus called Relentless. Obviously that book and the income that it would have generated went away. Paula Broadwell relentless income book 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 news fake media 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 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 campaigns jobs thinking Imagine what Ivanka Trump life has been like? She's been eaten alive by the media. I have empathy for that. Paula Broadwell empathy media alive 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 needs thinking 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 trump influence thinking 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 suggestions different thinking It really felt like a tidal wave of bias washed over our country and we're still soaked in it. Paula Broadwell bias wave country 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 want boys 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 peers defense jobs