- Pretend
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- Nov 07, 2020
Woman Quotes
On being seen, and being heard, as a woman.
This set touches on the extra scrutiny women face in performance careers and the emotional stakes of being noticed romantically. For related identity-focused lines, see I Am.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many images pushed at women and so many ideas of what you're supposed to be. I think there's too much of this superwoman, this woman with a bottom like two billiard balls. There's no real celebration of just being a person.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman will toss her head and a man will say, 'Oh she's trying to pick me up,' when in fact she's not doing that at all. So, women actually have to be a little careful with what they do, because men will pick up things that they didn't mean.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
For so many generations, a woman's only career path was to marry well and to marry up. Those days have changed.
- Destructiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's disturbing at my age to look at a young woman's destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one's own destructiveness in youth.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love 'Girls.' The writing is so clever. I think Lena Dunham is a genius. I can't believe she writes it, directs it and stars in it. It's really exciting that a young woman has been able to achieve all of that.
- Nov 07, 2020
Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sometimes get asked: 'How come the men in your stories don't have such strong characters?' And I'm like: 'I don't care.' I just want to find out about all the different lives a woman can live. But my feminism has never been against men. It's not erasure; it's just they're not the focus. In real life, they're quite nice.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're the only woman in the room, and you raise your hand, there's a good chance your question's going to get answered. You stand out.
- Once
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- Nov 07, 2020
Woman is at once apple and serpent.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man wants a woman who will place him at the top of his priority list, not second but first. He wants to be the kingpin around which all other activities of her life revolve.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Prime Minister is head of team but its not a one woman act. I've been called all those things. Intellectual, sharp-tongued, all true. But what New Zealander is like is to know that someone is in charge and in the end the buck stops with the Prime Minister.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.
- Nov 07, 2020