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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

61

"If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families."

"If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families."

Adriana Lima, Brazilian Model

Woman, Women, Babies, Brazil, Poor

60

"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

60

"I like my whisky old and my women young."

"I like my whisky old and my women young."

Errol Flynn, Australian Actor

Woman, Women, Old

59

"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

58

"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

58

"Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman."

"Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Woman, Women, Contempt, Vanity

58

"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

57

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

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

Helena Rubinstein, Polish Businessman

Woman, Women, Ugly

57

"I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there."

"I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

Woman, Women, Comfort, Talk

57

"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

56

"The whole surf culture is starting to embrace women a lot more."

"The whole surf culture is starting to embrace women a lot more."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

Woman, Women, Culture

56

"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

56

"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

56

"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

56

"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

56

"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

56

"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher

56

"A woman is a woman!"

"A woman is a woman!"

Heidi Klum, German Model

55

"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

55

"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house."

"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house."

Rod Stewart, Scottish Musician

55

"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

54

"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."

"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

Woman, Women, Nothing

54

"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

53

"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

53

"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

53

"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

53

"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

53

"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

53

"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

53

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

Woman, Women, Power

53

"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

53

"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

53

"I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that."

"I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Woman, Women, Mother, Work

53

"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

53

"Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding stock of Iceland came from England and what is now France. Some were probably captured and carried off in Viking raids only 40 generations ago."

"Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding stock of Iceland came from England and what is now France. Some were probably captured and carried off in Viking raids only 40 generations ago."

Keith Henson, American Scientist

Woman, Women, EnglFounding, France, Generations

53

"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

53

"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

52

"I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know."

"I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

52

"In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy."

"In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

Woman, Women, Europe

52

"The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her."

"The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her."

Marcelene Cox, American Columnist

52

"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

52

"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

52

"What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober."

"What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober."

Kenneth Tynan, English Critic

52

"I have my hormones balanced. Most doctors are giving women synthetic hormones, which just eliminate the symptoms, but it's doing nothing to actually replace the hormones you have lost. Without our hormones we die."

"I have my hormones balanced. Most doctors are giving women synthetic hormones, which just eliminate the symptoms, but it's doing nothing to actually replace the hormones you have lost. Without our hormones we die."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Woman, Women, Doctors, Giving, Nothing

52

"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

52

"In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less."

"In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less."

Carrie Chapman Catt, American Activist

Woman, Women, Nothing, Order, Voice

51

"The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others."

"The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others."

John Chrysostom, Greek Clergyman

Woman, Women, Effect, Law, Nothing

51

"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

51

"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

51

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