Gail Sheehy Quotes

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Gail Sheehy

Profession : Writer

Birth : November 27, 1937

We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another.

Gail Sheehy

I dare to do things - that's how I survive.

Gail Sheehy

You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.

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One of the ways we women often handicap ourselves is thinking that once we've made a decision or a commitment, we can't change.

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Jill Clayburgh's life so closely paralleled mine, I feel as though a part of me lived a little through her and died a little with her.

Gail Sheehy

My husband, Clay Felker, died 17 years after his first cancer due to secondary conditions that developed from treatment.

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Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.

Gail Sheehy

Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.

Gail Sheehy

In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.

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Be willing to shed parts of your previous life. For example, in our 20s, we wear a mask; we pretend we know more than we do. We must be willing, as we get older, to shed cocktail party phoniness and admit, 'I am who I am.'

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I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.

Gail Sheehy