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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

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt it. I don't see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

Quotes by Al Pacino

How
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Nov 07, 2020

I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one.

Quotes by Al Pacino

Men
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Nov 07, 2020

There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off.

Quotes by Al Goldstein

Beauty
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Nov 07, 2020

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.

Quotes by Akhenaton

Nov 07, 2020

My wife is the most wonderful woman in the world, and my parents are the most extraordinary father and mother.

Quotes by Akhil Sharma

Proud
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Nov 07, 2020

Absolutely, yes, I'm proud of every woman, of every American, that makes her dreams come true.

Quotes by Ainsley Earhardt

Concerns
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm just an average woman with average concerns.

Quotes by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Play
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Nov 07, 2020

It's an honour to play a woman cricketer on screen.

Quotes by Aishwarya Rajesh

Certain Age
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Nov 07, 2020

Repealing the Eighth Amendment is about women who don't want to be pregnant. It's not about a certain type of woman, a certain age of woman - we all known sisters and mothers who have chosen to go on with a pregnancy and those who haven't.

Quotes by Aisling Bea

Nov 07, 2020

There aren't as many women in my industry in comedy as there should and could and hopefully will be, but it is interesting growing up watching a woman in a male-dominated industry and kind of, like, plowing ahead.

Quotes by Aisling Bea

Nov 07, 2020

I've always understood that, as a woman and as a person of color, I would always have to work harder; I would have to have thicker skin. I would have to be more mindful of my reactions, the way I spoke to people.

Quotes by Aja Brown

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or another thing. It's all human. That's what you look for as an actor: characters written and portrayed in the most human way possible.

Quotes by Aja Naomi King

Black
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Nov 07, 2020

I always think - when I get mad, and people say, 'Don't be the angry black woman' - it's like, well, why not? There's so much to be angry about.

Quotes by Aja Naomi King

Nov 07, 2020

If someone was having some surgery that was going to put them out for three months, it's something you should consider, with a man or a woman. What is the impact of having the C.E.O. or visionary out for three months?

Quotes by Aileen Lee

Nov 07, 2020

I think, from a woman's perspective, that my interest as an investor and the way that I relate to entrepreneurs is a little bit different.

Quotes by Aileen Lee

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

It felt as if my body was, like, literally betraying me because I went from a very athletic, straight-up-and-down little kid to a very curvaceous woman, and it was just horrifying to me.

Companion
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Nov 07, 2020

In the beginning, God placed a woman in a companion role with the priesthood.

Childless
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm a childless woman, yet I felt no maternal urges whatsoever. The prospect of years of broken nights and nappy changes holds no appeal for me.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body.

Nov 07, 2020

I realized that, as a woman, you have an obligation to be a feminist.

A comedy-focused quote credits performers who had to prove themselves far more than their male peers to earn a place, connecting personal experience to a longer legacy of women in the field. Continue with Love or Life.

Woman Quotes

On being seen, and being heard, as a woman.

A comedy-focused quote credits performers who had to prove themselves far more than their male peers to earn a place, connecting personal experience to a longer legacy of women in the field. Continue with Love or Life.

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