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"Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is."

"Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers."

"The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women."

"Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top."

"I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians."

"No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office."

"In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally."
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"The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark."

"For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important."

"I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now."

"I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things."

"When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation."

"So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you."

"When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed."
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