- She
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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
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I admire woman like Marissa Mayer, the first female engineer and then CEO of Yahoo. Women who don't only strive to be the equals of men, but who strive to live up to their full potential.
- Brave
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes one brave woman to implement change and for other women to be able to follow that.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say behind every great man is a great woman, but I think it works the other way round as well.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a married woman, so I'm not bothered what other men think of me - but I still want James to fancy me.
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's a little irresponsible for women who choose surgery to then say they can portray the average woman on the street, because if the average woman can't afford those treatments, then she's going to say, 'I'm 53 and I don't look like that,' and start thinking she's ugly or inadequate.
- Evening
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want more images onscreen because when I was growing up, I think, like, that one kiss in 'The Color Purple' was the one thing that I had. Or 'The Watermelon Woman.'
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up listening to Mary J. Blige's music. When I initially met her, it was like, 'Oh, wow. I'm meeting this woman whose music was the soundtrack of my college years.'
- Business World
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consider my position in the business world not as a woman but as a person.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young woman, before I had any money, I went backpacking across India, and I was aware of how gritty it could be.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say 'woman' used to be a noun, and now it is a noun and also an adjective. And words change their functions in that way. It's one of the most common phenomena about words. They start as one thing, and they end up as something else.
- Lady
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe the switch from 'lady' to 'woman' was part of the women's movement. 'Lady' was a euphemism for 'woman,' and that was one reason that we wanted to move away from it.
- Animal
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my own writing, I avoid 'female' and try to say 'woman' because I feel that the word 'female' has connotations of not just biology but also non-human mammals. The idea of 'female' to me is more appropriate for a female animal.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020