- Colleagues
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people think that I'm one of the women from 'Broad City' - and I'm just not.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women love to be asked more about their clothes than their work. We're dolls; we made a wish to become alive.
- English Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was writing stories about Chinese American characters in my fiction classes, I'd get comments like, 'You should consider writing more universal stories.' But anything can happen to a Chinese American girl - just as much of the canon of English literature involves white men or women.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has crossed my mind that I would like to run or help to run a pro women's tournament, although I really don't know much about organizing an event (it seems overwhelming actually).
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I've had female students say to me afterwards, "I never envisioned myself being a director, since I've never seen women do it." But after seeing me, they can picture themselves directing, so maybe we'll see more female directors.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started writing stories at a young age, but not once did it occur to me that I could grow up to be a writer. Who could I look to? My favorite authors were Ann M. Martin and E.L. Konigsburg and Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary and Lois Lowry and Norma Klein. They were all white women, and they seemed so stately to me, so elegant. A whole world away.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
People assume that because I'm a girl and my blog is hot pink that my readership is 90% women, but it's not. It's probably only about 65%. When I do tours, it's pretty much the same thing: it's about one-third guys.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have this thing for British women. I love Judi Dench. I love Helen Mirren. I love these women, and I definitely do have big girl crushes on them.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I applaud women, and I did my best and took my time after having a kid - in a healthy way, get back to a place where I felt good in my body.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that we are so challenged as women to be everything and do everything and make it look easy.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that crying is a way women and men express frustration, anger, or passion. And we should not feel compelled to mute those emotions.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that all men and women both, particularly women, hold back on parts of ourselves because they don't fit into the traditional workplace model.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020