- Art
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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
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think men are that attracted by glamour. I think women are attracted by glamour. I think men are attracted by a sense of friendship.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's an appetite for vigour in films. The camera loves a bit of movement. Movement is usually attached to younger people and men, and that's just the way it is. I think that it's a bitter pill to swallow, but it's a fact that there aren't going to be masses and masses of roles for older women because there isn't the audience for it.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men are rarely questioned on their spouses or their partners, and nor should they be. And the question to ask is why is this done to women?
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's okay, when we as women are in a serving role. But it's not okay, it appears, still, when we have full access to power.
- Contribution
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had any problem with criticism. I've given a lot, and I've copped a lot. But I believe I've got a role to play by insisting that women be judged by their contribution - not somebody's view of what they should be about.
- Great Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
To have been the first woman premier of Victoria was not only a great opportunity but also a great chance to say to the young women of Victoria - Liberal or Labor - 'You can do it, too.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of young women ask me, 'Can you go into politics and maintain your ideals?' Well, I think you can. You might not, in any one interview, tell the whole truth, but to deliberately deceive the public who've elected you is totally unacceptable.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many women waited until later to get married and then even later after they got married to have children. And then they have problems, and it takes them five, six, seven years to have children.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a massive shortage of engineers and one of the big glaring holes is that we have so few women doing engineering - it's less than 10 per cent of the workforce.
- Harriet
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- Nov 07, 2020