- Experience
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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
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people sometimes have a hard time placing me because I don't fit into a box. When they ask what I do at a cocktail party, I either say I'm a Renaissance woman or I'm a high-level madam. Lately I've been more comfortable saying I'm an artist, because that can cover a lot of different things.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
The age I'm at now, you go from being a young girl to suddenly you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you put a bit more effort into some things, the results are wonderful, especially as a woman - in your health, your body, your skin, your hair. It can be about that extra five little minutes a day, 30 more minutes a week.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames are really small, and they're usually malnourished.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.
- Nov 07, 2020
We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid to survive.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020