- Law
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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
- Ego
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not one of those women writers who are obsessed by their ego, possibly because I don't have one.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I seek to cast an incorruptible gaze on women, especially where they are the accomplices of men.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I describe the relationship between man and woman as a Hegelian relationship between master and slave. As long as men are able to increase their sexual value through work, fame or wealth, while women are only powerful through their body, beauty and youth, nothing will change.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small.
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
Massoumeh Ebtekar is the highest-ranking woman in Iran's government, a symbol of President Mohammed Khatami's promise to promote women into high-profile positions.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in a generation where MAC is the reigning brand for a lot of women - black, white, and other.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom used to call me 'Oprah' because I was always in a corner crying with somebody. I've always been attracted to storytelling around women's lives.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
From what I see, people of color are being called on in a different way. We're being heard in a different way - louder. And I think it's such an exciting time. The power structure is being redefined, and we're redefining beauty with the stories that we're telling and the women we're showing on our covers.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read everything, but particularly, growing up in a household where my mom was black and my dad was white, I remember really loving 'Ebony' and 'Essence.' Those magazines were the only place where I could see images of women who looked like me or my mom.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't categorize myself. I don't think I'm perceived as a female act by my audience. My fans include just as many men as women.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my experience, and that of a lot of other women writers, all of the questions coming at them from interviewers tend to be about how lucky they are to be where they are - about luck and identity and how the idea struck them.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking at female candidates today, other women are the hardest on them, especially older women who were brought up in a different culture.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is so much about serendipity that we've got to have a bigger pool of women, so that when people drop out of the process, you've got others to turn to.
- Party
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- Nov 07, 2020