- Good
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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
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first signed a contract with a women's team, my contract stated that if I played, I would get 100 pounds, and if I didn't play, it would be zero.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Sunderland, our kit was five times too big, and we got the local bus to games; in America, I got bags of Nike kit, flew to away games, and played in front of thousands of fans. It opened my eyes to what women's football could - and should - be.
- Better Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a rite of passage for all women to make sure the next generation is in a better place than you. I will play my part.
- Exceeded
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want to change the way people think about England teams. At the men's tournaments, we haven't exceeded expectations, and it's the same with the women's. If we can change that, it could have a knock-on effect, even for the men's team.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
From my family, my mum, auntie and nan were all strong women and why I am who I am today.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played in the 2015 World Cup. I scored in two games; we got to the semi-finals and eventually ended up getting the bronze medal. That was a big turning point in my career, personally, and for English women's football, too.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the very beginning, I had a lot of female role models in music. I would go to shows, and there were always women fronting bands and playing guitar or backing up and playing drums or bass in a band. That probably contributed to my belief in myself to go out and perform for people.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
We might all place ourselves in one of two ranks the women who do something, and the women who do nothing; the first being of course the only creditable place to occupy.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a simple, earnest-hearted girlhood, and they are the happiest women who never lose it entirely.
- Interest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers, women received only half as much as men for their services, the injustice of this distinction was so apparent.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that Saudi women are very powerful. And I think that Saudi men are the greatest support to Saudi women.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saudi men have sisters, mothers, and wives, and in my working experience, I have had tremendous support from Saudi men. I really don't think that Saudi women are oppressed or abused.
- Nov 07, 2020