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Woman Quotes

"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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"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

46

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

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

Helena Rubinstein, Polish Businessman

Woman, Women, Ugly

45

"I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence."

"I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence."

Helen Garner, Australian Novelist

Woman, Women, Violence

45

"I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world because that's the optimum arrangement for children, not to take anything at all away from women who have to rear their children by themselves."

"I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world because that's the optimum arrangement for children, not to take anything at all away from women who have to rear their children by themselves."

Leah Ward Sears, American Judge

Woman, Women, People, Children, World

45

"There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She's a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn't rich and doesn't have a lot of friends. No posse. She's just like you, like most of us."

"There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She's a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn't rich and doesn't have a lot of friends. No posse. She's just like you, like most of us."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Woman, Women, People, Friends

45

"They always come back when they learn that not every woman's gonna treat them this good."

"They always come back when they learn that not every woman's gonna treat them this good."

Angie Stone, American Musician

45

"Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion."

"Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

Woman, Women, Care, Children, Class

45

"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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"We have had virtually unlimited access to abortion for nearly twenty years. Yet during that same period, more and more women and children have slipped into poverty."

"We have had virtually unlimited access to abortion for nearly twenty years. Yet during that same period, more and more women and children have slipped into poverty."

Robert Casey, American Politician

Woman, Women, Abortion, Children, Poverty

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"There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm."

"There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

Woman, Women, Strength

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"In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them."

"In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them."

Twyla Tharp, American Dancer

Woman, Women, Today

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"I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun."

"I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun."

Babe Ruth, American Athlete

Woman, Women, Bed, Drinking, Fun

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"We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement also contains a more profound spiritual and moral aspect."

"We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement also contains a more profound spiritual and moral aspect."

Clara Zetkin, German Politician

Woman, Women, Economics, Rights, Injustice

42

"There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible."

"There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

Woman, Women, Awareness

42

"I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood."

"I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Woman, Women, African, Hollywood

42

"All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations."

"All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations."

Marge Piercy, American Writer

Woman, Women, World

42

"With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes."

"With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

Woman, Women, End

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"Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now."

"Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

Woman, Women, Career, Now, Relationships

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"We treat them in the same way. Those who kill our women and innocent, we kill their women and innocent, until they refrain."

"We treat them in the same way. Those who kill our women and innocent, we kill their women and innocent, until they refrain."

Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian Criminal

42

"The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress."

"The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress."

Helene Deutsch, American Psychoanalyst

Woman, Women, Progress, Freedom, Rights

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"Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one."

"Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one."

Kate Clinton, American Comedian

Woman, Women, Lesbian, Word

41

"We need women leaders. But we need them to have a vision for something."

"We need women leaders. But we need them to have a vision for something."

Charlotte Bunch, American Activist

Woman, Women, Vision, Leaders

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"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."

"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

Woman, Women, Nothing

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"I don't hate women - they just sometimes make me mad."

"I don't hate women - they just sometimes make me mad."

Eminem, American Musician

Woman, Women, Hate

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"Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it."

"Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it."

Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer

Woman, Women, Man, Years

40

"I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex."

"I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Woman, Women, Sex

40

"When I'm saying hysteria, I'm referring to Freud, because all the women were coming to him with symptoms and seeking help, and he just called it hysteria."

"When I'm saying hysteria, I'm referring to Freud, because all the women were coming to him with symptoms and seeking help, and he just called it hysteria."

Cybill Shepherd, American Actress

Woman, Women, Help, Saying

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"It is always the village women who drive these things."

"It is always the village women who drive these things."

Stephen Lewis, Canadian Politician

39

"I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement."

"I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement."

Dorothy Allison, American Writer

39

"The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl."

"The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl."

Lauren Graham, American Actress

Woman, Women, Wife, Suffering

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"Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders, most of them young women."

"Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders, most of them young women."

Tipper Gore, American Celebrity

Woman, Women, Society, Americans, Dieting

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"We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons."

"We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

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"I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there."

"I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there."

GG Allin, American Musician

Woman, Women, Living

39

"Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you."

"Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you."

John Malkovich, American Actor

39

"I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful."

"I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful."

Annie Leibovitz, American Photographer

Woman, Women, Idea, Being, Want

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"I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering."

"I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering."

Yakov Smirnoff, Russian Comedian

Woman, Women, Dream, American, Girls

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"A woman is a woman!"

"A woman is a woman!"

Heidi Klum, German Model

38

"If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman."

"If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

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"Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens."

"Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Woman, Women, Children, Existence, Vote

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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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"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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"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.'"

"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.'"

Conan O'Brien, American Entertainer

Woman, Women, Post, Study, Want

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"Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect, especially when families are denied basic support services and economic opportunity."

"Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect, especially when families are denied basic support services and economic opportunity."

Robert Casey, American Politician

Woman, Women, Opportunity, Abuse, Children

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"Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep."

"Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep."

Janet Street-Porter, British Broadcaster

Woman, Women, Sex, Fiction, Forget

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"Woman absent is woman dead."

"Woman absent is woman dead."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

37

"If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women."

"If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women."

Abigail Adams, American First Lady

Woman, Women, Heroes

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"In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!"

"In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!"

Halle Berry, American Actress

37

"Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties."

"Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties."

George Clooney, American Actor

Woman, Women, Drugs, Office

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"Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul."

"Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul."

Coretta Scott King, American Activist

Woman, Women, Soul, Nation

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