- 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
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Overall, female scientists have fewer resources than male scientists, just as poor people have less access to health care. But if you compare male and female scientists with identical resources, you find that the women are just as likely to be successful.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always loved a hard-faced girl. I get that Alison Goldfrapp isn't easy, and I like her belligerence. She's deeply sexy and controlled, like a Strict Machine, and it seems to wind the b'jesus out of the women I know. On the outside, I watch and smile and will her on like a twisted silent maiden aunt in the dark corner.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look back on professions, when they became undervalued and paid less, women tended to do better in them.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do a lot of cardio. I think it's super important, especially for women. I don't have a tremendous amount of time to work out, so I find myself cramming in a cardio because that's all I can fit in. I think that if you don't have a lot of time, that it's the cleanest way to burn a few calories.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started researching history in the 1960s, a lot of women about whom I've subsequently written were actually footnotes to history. There was a perception that women weren't important. And it's true. Women were seen historically as far inferior to men.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It should be natural, and that's how I like women to look. I like them to feel comfortable and look organic.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable and the delight that many men will take in seeing you choose to chain yourself - then they get to say 'See, you did it yourself.'
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020