- 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
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Carrie Bradshaw made it okay for New York women to take fashion chances and show that they are fabulous and strong.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, with portrayals of domestic violence, the women involved are just victims with no personality, just completely trodden-down. But people continue to live their normal lives: they go out; they continue to have arguments with their partners, even if there is always the fear of where that might end up.
- Girlfriend
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- Nov 07, 2020
It happens a lot that women have to play the girlfriend role, which isn't as three-dimensional as the male role.
- Angry
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many fantastic male characters are brooding, angry, and not nice; that doesn't happen as much with women.
- Roads
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finally, fighting for gay rights, speaking out in various places and making friends, men and women, was great.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men spend their whole lives showing that they're strong and silent. They fight for independence the way women struggle to connect.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Arizonans should not be judged disdainfully and from a distance by people whose closest contacts with Hispanics are with fine men and women who trim their lawns and put plates in front of them at restaurants, not with illegal immigrants passing through their backyards at 3 A.M.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding war, enriching the menu of benefits, so in 1956 Congress entitled women to collect benefits at 62, extending the entitlement to men in 1961.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of rebuilding, our training programs and putting our best efforts to recruit the most talented men and women, we are graduating more clandestine officers than at any time in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- Kitchen
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a group of six women in my household. My mom, aunts and grandma. I watched them in the kitchen.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know, I know - men have that extra hero gene in their foolish makeup; it's part of our charm. But I happen to know some women who have their inner sports hero, too.
- Gambling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020