- Beautiful
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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
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was really little, I wanted to be our first woman president. I always knew I want to be the kind of grownup who makes people's lives better. And since that's pretty much the job of the President of the United States, it seemed like a good idea.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children. It was a revelation because it suddenly makes me realize, 'Oh, I get it. Now I know what to do with the rest of my life.'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the immortal germ line of human beings - that is, the eggs that sit in the ovaries - they actually sit there in a state of suspended animation for up to 50 years in the life of each woman.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, the same as I've believed all my life.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I entered the workforce, I was frustrated. When you're starting your career, somebody else is 'The Man' or 'The Woman.' They go into a room and make the decision, not you. You don't feel empowered. I wanted to break through that.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
About the time I was 7, I got really into black-exploitation films, so I made my own Wonder Woman, but I made her black.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just a tough old woman.
- Good Housekeeping
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my experience, there is a very good reason why a good-looking young woman of around 20 is willing to go out with a man over 15 years her senior - she's nuts.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man like Wilde was not free to live out of the closet as a homosexual, and women in general were not able to be truly themselves; there was no place for a woman's voice to be heard or for her to express her sexuality.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was Google's first woman engineer.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought that I would have to play an Indian, well half French, but an Indian woman in my life.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've found a woman I can relate to. That's something - and I don't even feel sappy saying it - that, if anyone has that, don't lose it, because it's probably the only thing that you can ever really find any satisfaction from.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020