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Woman Quotes

"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."

"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."

Saul Bellow, American Novelist

Woman, Women, Work

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"A women needs to be a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom."

"A women needs to be a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Woman, Women, Kitchen, Needs

143

"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you."

"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you."

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani Politician

Woman, Women, Glory, Nation

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"It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves."

"It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves."

Miriam Makeba, South African Musician

Woman, Women, Work, Passion, President

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"We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel."

"We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel."

Indra Devi, Latvian Celebrity

Woman, Women, Voice

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"It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it."

"It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it."

Claudette Colbert, French Actress

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"I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate."

"I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate."

Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian

Woman, Women, Instinct, Will

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"Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. If they knew what we were really thinking, they'd never stop slapping us."

"Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. If they knew what we were really thinking, they'd never stop slapping us."

Larry Miller, American Comedian

Woman, Women, Idea, Thoughts, Difference

50

"We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is."

"We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is."

Oscar de la Renta, Dominican Republican Designer

Woman, Women, Individuality, Want, Dominicanrepublican

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"I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women."

"I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women."

Joseph McCabe, English Writer

Woman, Women, Existence, Rights, Years

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"Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression."

"Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression."

Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi Writer

Woman, Women, Democracy, Expression, Freedom

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"Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them."

"Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them."

Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Celebrity

Woman, Women, Trouble

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"You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas."

"You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Woman, Women, People, Famous

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"Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with."

"Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with."

Jane Campion, New Zealander Director

Woman, Women, Fact, Independence, Romantic

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"People's view of exotic or Asian women are changing. It's much nicer to hear 'She's pretty' than 'She's pretty - for an Asian woman.'"

"People's view of exotic or Asian women are changing. It's much nicer to hear 'She's pretty' than 'She's pretty - for an Asian woman.'"

Sung Hi Lee, Korean Model

Woman, Women, People, Pretty

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"It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood."

"It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Woman, Women, Civilization, Blood, Morals

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"I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to."

"I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Woman, Women, Rights

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"Women have a predestination to suffering."

"Women have a predestination to suffering."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Woman, Women, Suffering

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"I've fancied other women, but I haven't done anything about it."

"I've fancied other women, but I haven't done anything about it."

Kylie Minogue, Australian Musician

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"Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor - they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed."

"Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor - they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed."

Isabel Allende, Chilean Writer

Woman, Women, Marriage, Daughter, Children

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"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with."

"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with."

Rose Schneiderman, Polish Activist

Woman, Women, Fight, Help, Privilege

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"I am woman, hear me roar."

"I am woman, hear me roar."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

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"Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open."

"Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

Woman, Women, Open

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"We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat."

"We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat."

Rose Schneiderman, Polish Activist

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"Women are always beautiful."

"Women are always beautiful."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

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"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved."

"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved."

B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Politician

Woman, Women, Progress, Community, Measure

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"Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax."

"Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax."

Jackie Stewart, Scottish Athlete

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"The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians."

"The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians."

Lynn Westmoreland, American Politician

Woman, Women, Difference, Faces, Politicians

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"I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup."

"I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup."

Eddie Izzard, British Comedian

Woman, Women, Coffee

32

"I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women."

"I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Woman, Women, Policy, Want

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"I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way."

"I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Woman, Women, Sex, Being, Sex appeal

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"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them."

"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

Woman, Women, Women

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"Generation after generation of women have pledged to raise their daughters differently, only to find that their daughters grow up and fervently pledge the same thing."

"Generation after generation of women have pledged to raise their daughters differently, only to find that their daughters grow up and fervently pledge the same thing."

Elizabeth Debold, American Author

Woman, Women, Daughters

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"Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge 'cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women."

"Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge 'cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women."

Frank Miller, American Artist

Woman, Women, Church, Horses, Right

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"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him."

"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him."

Cher, American Musician

Woman, Women, Nothing, Trouble

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"The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive."

"The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive."

Betty Friedan, American Activist

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"Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks."

"Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks."

Bobby Riggs, American Athlete

Woman, Women, Tennis, Wonders

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"When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women."

"When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

Woman, Women, Heart, Slavery

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"I think at the end of the day this movie is respecting what we as women go through as we grow up. The experiences, what we deal with, other women, things about images, things that we deal with as women."

"I think at the end of the day this movie is respecting what we as women go through as we grow up. The experiences, what we deal with, other women, things about images, things that we deal with as women."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Woman, Women, Day, End

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"There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it."

"There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it."

Alice Paul, American Activist

Woman, Women, Order, Will, World

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"In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection."

"In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection."

Carol Gilligan, American Psychologist

Woman, Women, Truth, Failure, Aggression

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"Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?"

"Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?"

Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer

Woman, Sammy Davis, Jr.

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"Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped."

"Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped."

Victoria Woodhull, American Activist

Woman, Women, Citizenship, Right

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"Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense."

"Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense."

Carol Gilligan, American Psychologist

Woman, Women, Thought, Sense

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"Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts."

"Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts."

John Stuart Blackie, Scottish Writer

Woman, Women, Gods, Tea, Water

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"I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives."

"I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives."

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

Woman, Women, Feeling

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"I always wore the highest heels possible, because the other women on the show were tall."

"I always wore the highest heels possible, because the other women on the show were tall."

Donna Mills, American Actress

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"There are no ugly women, only lazy ones."

"There are no ugly women, only lazy ones."

Helena Rubinstein, Polish Businessman

Woman, Women, Ugly

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"When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women."

"When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Woman, Women, Actors, Thinking

23

"You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting."

"You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting."

Camille Claudel, French Sculptor

Woman, Women, Acting, Hatred, Help

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