- 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
- Federal Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the last decade, I've worked as a federal judge in a court that spans six Western states, serving about 20 percent of the continental United States and about 18 million people. The men and women I've worked with at every level in our circuit are an inspiration to me.
- Compare
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- Nov 07, 2020
The women in 'Downton Abbey' don't compare to the women in 'Upstairs Downstairs.' Ours are stunning. We've got Laura Haddock, Keeley Hawes, Claire Foy... beautiful women.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The federal government turns away thousands of applicants to AmeriCorps every year. Our service men and women returning from overseas want to continue to serve. Children from every corner of the country can't wait to volunteer.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes for experience.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is very tough for women. When you are a certain age, you are left alone at home with no one to share your life with.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As women, we always crave for family and a loving partner and in our quest to find that happy space we overlook a lot of things.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel for a film to be accepted, women have to take to it. The women bring the rest of the family to the theatres.
- Loneliness
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated under the patriarchal, capitalist, imperialist and military system that determines the way we live now, and which is governed by power, not justice, by false democracy, not real freedom.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me as an artist, I'm more notorious for writing songs that celebrate women, songs that are all about the positive element of the immensely confusing creature that is woman.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always tell the story of 'Irreplaceable.' I initially wrote 'Irreplaceable' with myself in mind, with plans of it being my record. I love that record; however, what I realised about that record was that though given the circumstances of that situation - men and women are not that different - when you sing about it, it changes things, you know?
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say Latina women are spicy. But we are more than that. We have power, and we run things.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lauryn Hill inspired me so much. She had that whole women's empowerment vibe in all of her songs back when that didn't even exist.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020