- I Am
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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
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in the GB Women's football team at the 2012 Olympics, it was obvious who was in the first XI and who was making up the numbers. Kelly Smith was going to be first-choice striker no matter what, and the other forwards in the squad mentally checked out as a result.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
There aren't too many women out there who talk about cars. So that one person who I talk the most to about cars is my husband. It constitutes about 90 per cent of our conversations.
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men behave very oddly in the company of attractive women.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I create mood boards, and then we source fabrics and design the dresses. We are trend-led but also do our own thing! I want women to feel fabulous in our creations.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
There still aren't many black women on prime-time TV. Times are changing, but it's interesting: we're in 2013 and still experiencing firsts... Hopefully, in the next 100 years, things will balance even more.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were very few British black women on TV or in music when I was a teenager; when you're growing up, you need someone you can identify with. I remember at Christmas being bought a doll that didn't look anything like me, so I threw it away.
- Baby
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- Nov 07, 2020
Babies smell amazing, but I'm not one of these women who smell a baby and go, 'I want one.' I see a dog over the field and go, 'I want one.'
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women are strong. We are strong because we are used to the pain which comes every month. It forms character. I want to see the man who goes to the Parliament with the belly puffed out. They can't do it.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
There should be no boundaries, no hierarchy, no violence. Men and women are equal.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems only natural to me to present my men's and women's collections together.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some women are forced by men to look a certain way to be accepted by the general public, and I find that terrible.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really want to speak for young women, especially because I feel like we're constantly brainwashed in everyday life.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020