- Exotic
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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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, on the cotton fields, I had this tune in my head. I hummed it and sang it. It was the same melody as 'When A Man Loves A Woman.' I could never, ever forget it.
- Rebellion
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a little bit strange as an English woman cast in 'Rebellion.' I read up about the events and, honestly, I knew very little about it to begin with it. It wasn't something that they cover in English schools at all.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be empowered as a female, as a woman. Don't apologize. Don't lose yourself in another person's life.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to reach everyone, but I have a dedication to women. Being that I'm a woman myself, and with the things that I've gone through, I've dealt with a lot of women that are in the dark and blind about relationships who depend on men for their happiness, emotionally and financially.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is, Charles and Diana's marriage was a train smash in many ways, and, as Camilla will one day be Queen, it's important for the public to understand she's not some terrible woman.
- Difficult Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman.
- Beautiful Woman
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm intrigued by the way in which physical appearance can often direct a person's life; things happen differently for a beautiful woman than for a plain one.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman.' I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a man's world.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always tried to design something new and of the moment. The idea was not to make something that would last, but to make something a woman could really wear when she needed it, like a good friend.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a man gets up to speak, people listen then look. When a woman gets up, people kook; then, if they like what they see, they listen.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020