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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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's true what they say, and I am now a firm believer in the fact that every pregnancy is different for every woman!
- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's important to be that strong woman and to follow your passions regardless of what your situation is.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to explore expectations we have of people - what a woman should be, what a man should be. And if they don't meet our own interpretation of who they should be because of their gender, their background, their ethnic group, we then come to conclusions about them that are not accurate.
- Childless
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's this idea that at the lowest rungs of the social ladder in an African family is a childless woman - and the lowest rung of all is a motherless child.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z, Beyonce has real talent. They are both the kind of truly great artist who will be remembered by history. Their child will be lucky to have such talented parents.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's important for people to understand that as a woman, I can only rap about the parts I have.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Western woman is not her brother's or her father's property. She's just herself. She can choose her own lifestyle. But in a Muslim family, the honor of the man is between the legs of a woman.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I would be demonized as entitled and what no woman can ever be: ambitious.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020