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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
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to be able to show who I really am, what I can do, bring awareness, create something because I want to take tennis, women's tennis, into an even more exciting path because I believe we have a lot more things to offer.
- Different Shapes
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best thing that could happen to motherhood already has. Fewer women are going into it.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I collaborated with so many people from Chicago - so many Black people, young Black women organizations like BYP100 and Assata's Daughters. Just being out there, I saw what a community mobilizing can accomplish in terms of freedom and how music and my words in my music can play a significant part in that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised by a woman and I'm the middle child of two sisters who are young Black women.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see why clothes have to be women's or men's. It seems pretty limiting. I buy women's pants, women's shoes - everything, really.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no doubt that Mexican men and women full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn't about being unable to walk.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew there was a school where women could study astronomy. So... it never occurred to me that I couldn't be an astronomer.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all need permission to do science, but for reasons that are deeply ingrained in history, this permission is more often given to men than to women.
- Half
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- Nov 07, 2020
Worldwide, half of all brains are in women.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the question is, are there women and have there been women who want to do science and could be doing great science, but they never really got the opportunity?
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020