- Nature
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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
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power and keep the status quo.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are those who maintain that in this world women have no right to interfere in the affairs of state, in politics, in plots and counter-plots. Others that are who, more chivalrous, are willing to admit that women have as much right to act, think, and speak as men.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
And a pick and roll in the women's game is a pick and roll on the men's game... I mean, character, working for each other - trusting your teammates. That stuff, that's universal.
- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of young women play soccer, and it's wonderful to give them something to aspire to.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
The women's national team is a very successful team, and that success has given us a platform to speak on gender equity issues. Millions of young women play soccer in this country, and it's empowering for them to see that our contribution to the game is valued.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've walked down the street with Madonna, and I've walked down the street with Colin Firth, and it was a little bit more... with Madonna they were a little rougher, but they were all there for Colin. It was amazing. Women adore him. They swoon.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Greenham women left home for peace: 'Not in our name!' they cried. And in doing so, they spoke for millions.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
For most women, Greenham was a place of principle, growth and song. Often joyful, sometimes terrifying, and almost always cold. As it got harder, with constant evictions and mounting violence from a frustrated and humiliated police force, the women got more determined. It was a community with a shared purpose - to live in peace.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is a culture filled with perfect images of women and perfect images of movie actresses, and most people can't live up to them.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
The devadasis have a multilayered story, a story in which poverty, deprivation and injustice against women is central - but what has happened to them is absolutely an outcome of imperialism and the impact of British rule in India.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not many young women of my age have been lucky enough to have had a wonderful mentor in their life.
- Alive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It sounds so negative of me to say, but I don't feel like there were many coming-of-age films when I was growing up. I think that when I was a teenager, I felt really misrepresented in the teenage roles that I was watching onscreen. Especially in women.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020