"A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing."

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Search for role models you can look up to and people who take an interest in your career. But here's an important warning: you don't have to have mentors who look like you. Had I been waiting for a black, female Soviet specialist mentor, I would still be waiting. Most of my mentors have been old white men, because they were the ones who dominated my field.

— Condoleezza Rice