- 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've always sought to give opportunities to women, to people who come from a different background, to add diversity to the mix - in that I think it makes our work better.
- Nov 07, 2020
Documentaries require an enormous amount of grit and empathy - and that is something women are incredibly strong at.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
There aren't that many female role models in science. There are a couple of women, but mostly you've got Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss - they're all guys. Bill Nye the Science Guy. I love that guy, but it's all guys.
- High School Students
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been really humbled by other women who've reached out to me across the country. Not just women who are running for Congress and federal office, but elementary school students running for student council or high school students who are their class presidents.
- Brave Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
We ask our brave men and women in uniform to risk everything to protect us.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been a Peter Blake fan and love street art and graffiti. I really like this street-art collective called Faile. They're from Brooklyn and make these prints of beautiful women.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like how women's bodies are Page 3 news. I just don't think that's big news. Women's bodies are women's bodies, and that's that. And I love to see beautiful - the female form in great art and great photography.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She's a professor in Boston, and she's been teaching women's studies for 30 years and international politics.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a great dynamic. The dynamic between men and women in the workplace is really interesting.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, my life and my job in 2010 is very different from Peggy's experience in the 1960s. I exist in a world that enjoys more equality between men and women. But I don't take any of that into my performance. I just want to play the character as who she is as an individual - scene to scene.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men and women are both humans, so, for me, that makes my characters and the work that I do human stories.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women know that we're not just strong. We're not just vulnerable. We are not just attractive or not attractive. We are many things at once, and we're able to see into that complexity.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always considered myself a feminist. But, like a lot of women of my generation, I didn't think we had to fight for it. I thought it was all done. I took so much for granted.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women need to be able to speak out if they are uncomfortable or something happened in the past that they were not comfortable with.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020