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- Nov 07, 2020
Women Quotes
On confidence, identity and being true to yourself.
These quotes discuss women's confidence and identity from a few angles: resisting pressure to act a certain way, and the discipline shown by women serving alongside men in the military. For related reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I admire Eudora Welty. 'Delta Wedding' is a book I've given as a present to numerous women. Eudora Welty rocks. She writes such jewel-like, fine, refined short stories.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to get married to a man, then get married to a man. If two women want to get married, they should get married. It's not hurting me.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It isn't till now, in the American Century, as we have recklessly dubbed it, that tribal pressures toward conformity have been brought to bear so ruthlessly upon men and women seeking to work creatively.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of guys are very intimidated by an attractive woman, and they dehumanise her because our culture perceives beautiful women as commodities. But I think if you're able walk up to a person and get to know them, and you see their flaws and their impurities, and realise that they're like you, then you can humanise them again.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The good thing is that women have such high expectations of men that it inspires us to live up to them. That's what I learned about male-female relationships.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of women - not all of them, a lot of them - feel insecure about men being men.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who hates something feels threatened by it. A guy who says he hates feminism (a) doesn't understand or know feminism, and (b) is scared of powerful women. Most attacks come from fear.
- Inequality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realize that 'hire qualified women!' is the sort of outraged demand that's often met with a sigh. No one disagrees, and yet gender inequality in high-paying positions extends into all professions.
- Hat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moms Mabley blazed a path for female stand-ups in a housecoat and floppy hat. Phyllis Diller worked equally hard to make herself unattractive to men and non-threatening to women.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first Emmys I went to was in 1990 when the five nominees for best comedy were 'Designing Women,' 'Golden Girls,' 'Murphy Brown,' 'Cheers,' 'Wonder Years.' Three and a half were created by women.
- Front
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have so many great memoirs from women in front of the camera, from Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, and Amy Schumer.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
If women who don't help women get a special circle in hell, I think women who do help women should get a special cloud in heaven.
- Doorstep
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's this perception that there's a pipeline problem for women and people of color. I don't buy into that. I think we have a broken doorbell problem, and there are plenty of women and people of color standing at the doorstep trying to get in the door, and nobody's opening it.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
For thirty years, I've been hearing that it's getting better for women. And until I see statistical proof over enough years that that's true, I won't believe it.
- Exploded
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like leggings, comedies created by women came into vogue in the late 1980s, exploded in the early '90s, went mainstream in the mid-'90s, and were shoved into the back of the closet around 1997.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020