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Woman Quotes

"I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover."

"I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

Woman, Women, Fight

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"We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors."

"We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors."

Glenn Close, American Actress

Woman, Women, Books, Talk

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"It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights."

"It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights."

James Denton, American Actor

Woman, Women, People

6

"A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals."

"A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals."

Henry James, American Writer

Woman, Women, Man, Manners, Morals

6

"Women should be obscene and not heard."

"Women should be obscene and not heard."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

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"I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me."

"I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me."

Mickey Rooney, American Actor

6

"I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out."

"I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Woman, Women, Being, Career

6

"Yes, I always played the bad woman. I actually did."

"Yes, I always played the bad woman. I actually did."

Barbara Billingsley, American Actress

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"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

6

"When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the crowd back. It was very dangerous."

"When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the crowd back. It was very dangerous."

Minnie Pearl, American Musician

Woman, Women, Police, Trying

6

"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

6

"It was described as Sex and the Suburbs. It's so not that. Because on Sex and the City, those women told each other everything; on our show, it's much more like the real suburbs - nobody tells anybody anything. Everything's a secret."

"It was described as Sex and the Suburbs. It's so not that. Because on Sex and the City, those women told each other everything; on our show, it's much more like the real suburbs - nobody tells anybody anything. Everything's a secret."

James Denton, American Actor

Woman, Women, Sex

6

"Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them."

"Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them."

Diane Johnson, American Novelist

Woman, Women, Feeling, Nothing, Rules

6

"We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women!"

"We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women!"

Burt Ward, American Actor

Woman, Women, Effect, Open

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"I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered."

"I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered."

Andrew Cuomo, American Politician

6

"I would go to radio stations and they were supposed to be interviewing me and playing my record and they would say, We're playing too many women right now, we can't play your record."

"I would go to radio stations and they were supposed to be interviewing me and playing my record and they would say, We're playing too many women right now, we can't play your record."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

Woman, Women, Now, Play, Right

6

"To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now."

"To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now."

Holly Johnson, English Musician

Woman, Women, Basketball, College, Now

6

"I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates."

"I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates."

Carol Moseley Braun, American Politician

Woman, Women, People, Being, Civilrights

6

"I want to find a way to reach young women emotionally and also to start providing clothing for them so that they can wear the same things their thin friends can wear. I really want to do evening wear and prom dresses for these girls."

"I want to find a way to reach young women emotionally and also to start providing clothing for them so that they can wear the same things their thin friends can wear. I really want to do evening wear and prom dresses for these girls."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Woman, Women, Evening, Friends, Girls

6

"When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset."

"When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Woman, Women, Vanity, Weight

6

"There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies."

"There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies."

Sharon Gless, American Actress

Woman, Women, Babies, Praise

6

"Women loved that part 'cause K.C. was just sassy."

"Women loved that part 'cause K.C. was just sassy."

Marg Helgenberger, American Actress

6

"I don't want to be pigeonholed into doing just romantic comedies. But they're fun, and especially for women, it's nice to go to see them and enjoy that breath of fresh air."

"I don't want to be pigeonholed into doing just romantic comedies. But they're fun, and especially for women, it's nice to go to see them and enjoy that breath of fresh air."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Woman, Women, Fun, Romantic, Want

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"You hear about these shows where there are all these women are supposedly always in a catfight, and then you find out in reality that they're all getting along fine."

"You hear about these shows where there are all these women are supposedly always in a catfight, and then you find out in reality that they're all getting along fine."

Jeanne Tripplehorn, American Actress

Woman, Women, Reality

6

"I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win."

"I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win."

Mata Hari, Dutch Dancer

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"I haven't had that many women - only as many as I could lay my hands on."

"I haven't had that many women - only as many as I could lay my hands on."

Dudley Moore, British Celebrity

6

"The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full."

"The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full."

Tarja Halonen, Finnish Statesman

Woman, Women, Opportunity, Learning, Potential

6

"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

6

"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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"A woman is subject matter enough."

"A woman is subject matter enough."

Claude Chabrol, French Director

6

"Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women."

"Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Woman, Women, Sacrifice, America, Freedom

6

"We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do."

"We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do."

Geena Davis, American Actress

Woman, Women, Kids, World

6

"I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women."

"I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women."

John Bright, British Politician

Woman, Women, Hope, May, Question

6

"If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?"

"If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?"

Mary Wollstonecraft, British Writer

Woman, Women, Power, Act, Being

6

"I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned."

"I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned."

Lucy Stone, American Activist

Woman, Women, Gratitude, Freespeech, Public

6

"Women in New York have to work much harder to compete with the supermodels for attention."

"Women in New York have to work much harder to compete with the supermodels for attention."

Jessica Cutler, American Author

Woman, Women, Work, Attention

6

"Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves."

"Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

Woman, Women, Fact

6

"I've always wanted to be Wonder Woman, of course. She had the greatest costume."

"I've always wanted to be Wonder Woman, of course. She had the greatest costume."

Kelly Hu, American Actress

6

"We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us."

"We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us."

Patricia Ireland, American Activist

Woman, Women, Opposition, Violence

6

"I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do."

"I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Woman, Women, Being

6

"If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she's twenty-six and looks twenty-six, she's damn near fourty."

"If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she's twenty-six and looks twenty-six, she's damn near fourty."

Chris Rock, American Comedian

6

"While all of these are important and significant events, it is the United States' foreign policy that furthers the advancement of freedoms and rights for women that is the most striking for me."

"While all of these are important and significant events, it is the United States' foreign policy that furthers the advancement of freedoms and rights for women that is the most striking for me."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Woman, Women, Policy, Events, Foreign policy

6

"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

6

"We make a lot of mistakes for women, and we'll always do it again."

"We make a lot of mistakes for women, and we'll always do it again."

Casper Van Dien, American Actor

Woman, Women, Mistakes

6

"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher

6

"I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet."

"I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet."

Niccolo Paganini, Italian Musician

Woman, Women, Feet, Play

6

"Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them."

"Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them."

Marya Mannes, American Journalist

6

"What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?"

"What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?"

Jackie Kennedy, American First Lady

Woman, Women, Work, Children

6

"There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force."

"There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force."

Ted Stevens, American Politician

Woman, Women, Defense, Force, Gender

6

"I am my own woman."

"I am my own woman."

Evita Peron, Argentinian Statesman

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