- People
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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
- At Least One
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since 'Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights' came out, I've done a fair amount of public speaking, and the two statistics that always make the audience sit up are that nearly one in three women will have had at least one abortion by menopause and 61 percent of women who have abortions are already mothers.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell - 'I Love Lucy' is my favorite show, going back to when I was 4. I've watched every episode I don't know how many times. It was something to watch women being funny when I was young.
- Animal Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history.
- Gone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know, being a band that's mostly gay and has women in it, I just think that there are the male icon bands: they are always - and they deserve it - but they are always touted as, 'These guys are heavy-duty.' I think bands, because we have a sense of humor, we are not always taken as seriously.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope our legacy will be enduring and that people think of us as an important band. But I think Ricky's guitar playing, our style of writing, the fact that we had men and women in the band and gay and straight, I think it's an important band, and the way we wrote by jamming, we really had a different approach.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020