- 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
I'm interested in what happens to people when they get into that publicity machine. We tend to think things have changed, but there's still a deep sexism underlying the way women are treated publicly.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They don't want to hurt people.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know so many women in their fifties, sixties and seventies who delight in being on their own. It's amazing. They don't see any stigma attached to it. We don't need a man to prove our identity anymore.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sexism kind of predisposes us to see men's work as more important than women's, and it is a problem, I guess, as writers, we have to change.
- Discriminated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it's a woman, she's 'spilling her guts,' and it's not art.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was reared in an atmosphere where a great deal of attention was paid to women's hairdressing.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
New Yorkers must be able to trust the men and women of the NYPD. They must come forward to report crimes. And they must come forward as witnesses.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that in New York, we must have one set of rules for everyone - and that means women cannot be unfairly denied health coverage.
- Discriminating
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in the Senate, I worked to pass Women's Health and Wellness Act, which bars insurance companies from discriminating against the health care needs of women.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I could keep my position as a well-standing man in the world if I thought there were roles for men and women.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020