There is no quality in this world that is not what it is

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What it is ... is always what it is.

But it exists precisely because of its contrast: that is, there is also what it is not.

Right.

Be no one and no one to no one

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To be no one to no one ... is always to be someone to someone.

It is actually impossible to be no one, except to no one.

Right.

Whatever comes along comes along

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And whatever doesn't come along doesn't come along.

At least for now, for whatever doesn't come along may come along later on.

Then again, whatever doesn't come along may never come along.

There, right there, is life.

Pantene tells women "Don't let labels hold you back!"

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere

Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world, mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world, mad world

Enlarging your world
Mad world

Mad World, by Tears for Fears

It's a mad world indeed that fundamentally the same behavior is lauded among men and decried among women.  There is an opportunity, there is support, and there is a choice, so the latter don't have to suffer misguided stereotypes.  Pantene does its part.

Microsoft rocks girls doing science

7 out of 10 girls are interested in science. Only 2 out of 10 will pursue it as a career. Let’s change that. Through the voices of these girls, we celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History month. We support the bright young women who participated in this project and all girls who share our belief in the empowering nature of science and technology. 

Microsoft is committed to creating opportunities for all youth. DigiGirlz is a Microsoft YouthSpark program that gives girls the opportunity to learn about careers in tech.

I just finished watching one of my favorite science fiction films - Contact (1997) - starring Jodie Foster as Dr. Ellie Arroway.  Fortunately, her father warmly nurtured a love for science in her, since she was a little girl, and this steered her passion into a career.  Mind you, she faced her fair share of doubt, dismissal and discrimination.  For instance, David Drumlin cut off her funding, then years later as her work actually bore remarkable fruit, he nosed himself deftly in and swiftly spoke on her behalf with government officials and the media.

Anyway, the world needs many more people like Ellie's father, and much fewer like Drumlin, and Microsoft is playing its part.

Venus tells the story of "&"

Show “or” the door-this is the story of “&”. The story of realizing your true potential. 

Put an end to the one-dimensional labels that limit your potential. Because you are beautiful AND smart. You can be an astronaut AND a soccer player AND a ballerina. Your life is composed of many ANDs – an empowering sum of all of the things you are, and all you want to be. Venus invites you and women everywhere to take a stand against one-dimensional labels. #UseYourAnd

So people may acknowledge a quality, a passion, an aptitude of yours.  But you are much more than that quality, passion or aptitude.  You can be geekish and stylish at the same time.  You can love physics, and still believe in God.  You can be analytic and logical, yet creative and intuitive, too.